U+724C "牌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
牌
U+724C "牌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that typically means "plaque," "signboard," "brand," or "license plate," and is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It is composed of the radical 爿 (meaning "split wood" or "bed") and the phonetic component 卑, reflecting its historical association with wooden tablets or notices. In modern usage, the character appears in a wide range of contexts including business names (e.g., 品牌 for "brand"), gaming (e.g., 扑克牌 for "playing cards"), and identification (e.g., 车牌 for "vehicle license plate"), making it a versatile and frequently encountered ideograph in written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+724C |
| 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 | 牌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 牌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x89 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x724C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000724C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u724c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B550 |
| kCCCII | 214A49 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6056 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6056 |
| kCangjie | LLHHJ |
| kCantonese | paai4 |
| kCihaiT | 866.201 |
| kCowles | 3420 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1106.280 |
| kDefinition | signboard, placard |
| kEACC | 214A49 |
| kFanqie | 薄佳 步皆 |
| kFenn | 807A |
| kFennIndex | 378.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2604.0 |
| kGB0 | 3738 |
| kGB1 | 3738 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 패:0N |
| kHanYu | 32016.280 |
| kHanyuPinlu | pái(73) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32016.280:pái |
| kHKGlyph | 2464 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1106.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32016.280 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0693.340 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4546 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B550 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4757 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F2A7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-782B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6056 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5E57 |
| kJapanese | ハイ バイ ふだ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2692 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUDA |
| kJapaneseOn | HAI |
| kJis0 | 3955 |
| kKangXi | 0693.340 |
| kKorean | PHAY PAY |
| kLau | 2442 2443 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3654 |
| kMandarin | pái |
| kMatthews | 4871 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2216 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016784 MJ016784:E0102 MJ016783:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 19854:E0103 |
| kNelson | 2845 |
| kPhonetic | 1001 1029 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3341+91.4.9 V+7771+91.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 91.8 |
| kSBGY | 093.08 094.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 410.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pái粵paai4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3654 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 274.040:pái |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bài |
| kXerox | 250:346 |
| kXHC1983 | 0850.030:pái |