U+723C "爼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
爼
U+723C "爼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents an ancient type of ritual vessel or chopping block used in sacrifice ceremonies, often associated with the broader set of characters for vessels and utensils for offerings. It is a variant of the more common character 俎, which carries the same meaning of a wooden platter for meat offerings, and it appears in historical texts such as the Shuowen Jiezi dictionary where it is defined with this specific sacrificial connotation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+723C |
| 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 | 爼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 爼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x88 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x723C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000723C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u723c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 225540 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2D6B |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2D6B |
| kCangjie | KKBM |
| kCantonese | zo2 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1104.010 |
| kDefinition | a small table or tiered stand filled with meat offerings |
| kEACC | 4B316A |
| kFourCornerCode | 4741.0 |
| kHanYu | 10039.150 |
| kIICore | CJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1104.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10039.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0690.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-415B |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-602C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-5686 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-4562 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2D6B |
| kJapanese | ショ ソ まないた |
| kJapaneseKun | MANAITA |
| kJapaneseOn | SHO SO |
| kJis0 | 6412 |
| kKangXi | 0690.190 |
| kMandarin | zǔ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016759 |
| kMorohashi | 19743 |
| kNelson | 0441 2836 |
| kPhonetic | 97* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5605+89.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 89.5 |
| kSBGY | 258.39 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |