U+723A "爺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
爺
U+723A "爺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally used to mean "grandfather" or "old man," and it also appears in Japanese kanji with similar familial or reverential connotations, such as referring to an elderly person or a male ancestor. In simplified Chinese, this character is often replaced by the variant "爷," but in traditional contexts, it retains its historical form and is commonly found in terms like "老爷爷" meaning "great grandfather" or as a respectful suffix for older males.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+723A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 爺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 爺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x88 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x723A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000723A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u723a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B7DD |
| kCCCII | 214A42 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6525 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6525 |
| kCangjie | CKSJL |
| kCantonese | je4 |
| kCihaiT | 864.304 |
| kCowles | 5171 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1103.100 |
| kDefinition | father, grandfather |
| kEACC | 214A42 |
| kFanqie | 以遮 |
| kFenn | 632D |
| kFennIndex | 620.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8012.7 |
| kGB1 | 5015 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHangul | 야:0N |
| kHanYu | 32040.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | ye(671) yé(281) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32040.070:yé |
| kHKGlyph | 2456 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1103.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32040.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0690.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-522F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B7DD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C6C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7E6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-652C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6525 |
| kJapanese | ヤ じじ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHICHI JIJI OYAJI |
| kJapaneseOn | YA |
| kJis0 | 4476 |
| kKangXi | 0690.110 |
| kKarlgren | 226 |
| kKorean | YA |
| kLau | 3374 |
| kMandarin | yé |
| kMatthews | 7310 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3865 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016755 MJ016755:E0102 MJ016756:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 19734 19734:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2835 |
| kPhonetic | 1520 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3832+88.4.9 V+20294+88.4.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 88.9 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "爷" U+7237 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 408.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yé粵je4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3639 |
| kTang | ia |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 245:324 |
| kXHC1983 | 1345.121:yé |