U+723B "爻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
爻
U+723B "爻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is an ancient Chinese character that represents the concept of divination, specifically the lines or symbols used in the classic text the I Ching (Book of Changes). It serves as a fundamental building block for the eight trigrams and sixty four hexagrams, with each line being either solid or broken to represent yin and yang forces. In modern usage, the character "爻" retains its historical and philosophical significance, often appearing in contexts related to traditional Chinese cosmology, geomancy, and scholarly discussions of the I Ching.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+723B |
| 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 | 爻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 爻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x88 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x723B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000723B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u723b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4F8 |
| kCCCII | 214A43 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4559 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4559 |
| kCangjie | KK |
| kCantonese | ngaau4 |
| kCihaiT | 864.401 |
| kCowles | 3011 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1103.110 |
| kDefinition | diagrams for divination |
| kEACC | 214A43 |
| kFanqie | 胡茅 |
| kFenn | 529K |
| kFennIndex | 618.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4040.0 |
| kGB0 | 5619 |
| kGB1 | 5619 |
| kGSR | 1167a |
| kHangul | 효:0N |
| kHanYu | 10034.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10034.040:yáo,xiào |
| kHKGlyph | 2457 |
| kIICore | AGTHKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1103.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10034.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0690.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5833 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4F8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-602B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4DD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D21 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4559 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8D6B |
| kJapanese | コウ ギョウ まじわる めめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3520 |
| kJapaneseKun | MAJIWARU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 6411 |
| kKangXi | 0690.130 |
| kKarlgren | 217 |
| kKorean | HYO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3641 |
| kMandarin | yáo |
| kMatthews | 2583 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2027 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016757 MJ016757:E0102 MJ016758:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 19737 19737:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 958 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5604+89.4.0 V+14156+89.4.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 89.0 |
| kSBGY | 151.57 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 408.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yáo粵ngaau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3641 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 427.090:yáo |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 301:310 |
| kXHC1983 | 1340.150:yáo |