U+725B "牛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
牛
U+725B "牛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the concept of an ox or cow, commonly used as a radical in many other ideographs. It is a pictographic character that originated from ancient oracle bone script, where it depicted the horned head of a bovine animal. In modern usage, "牛" appears in various contexts such as the zodiac sign for the Ox, surnames, and compound words like "牛奶" meaning milk or "牛肉" meaning beef. The character is also frequently employed in informal Chinese slang to describe someone as strong, stubborn, or impressive, reflecting the cultural significance of the ox as a symbol of hard work and perseverance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+725B |
| 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 | 牛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 牛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x89 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x725B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000725B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u725b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4FB |
| kCCCII | 214A4E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-455C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-455C |
| kCangjie | HQ |
| kCantonese | ngau4 |
| kCihaiT | 867.102 |
| kCowles | 3039 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1108.160 |
| kDefinition | cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih) |
| kEACC | 214A4E |
| kFanqie | 語求 |
| kFenn | 38A |
| kFennIndex | 365.11 366.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2500.0 |
| kGB0 | 3703 |
| kGB1 | 3703 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0998a |
| kHangul | 우:0E |
| kHanYu | 31800.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | niú(270) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31800.010:niú |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⽜[U+2F5C]:31800.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 2469 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1108.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31800.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0697.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4523 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4FB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-356D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FAE3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-695A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-455C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5E5A |
| kJapanese | ギュウ ゴ うし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:120 |
| kJapaneseKun | USHI |
| kJapaneseOn | GYUU |
| kJis0 | 2177 |
| kKangXi | 0697.010 |
| kKorean | WU |
| kLau | 2345 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3662 |
| kMandarin | niú |
| kMatthews | 4737 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2048 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016806 |
| kMorohashi | 19922 |
| kNelson | 2852 |
| kPhonetic | 964 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1671+93.4.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 93.0 |
| kSBGY | 205.21 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+725C<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 411.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | niú粵ngau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3662 |
| kTang | *ngiou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 269.060:niú |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ngưu |
| kXerox | 244:067 |
| kXHC1983 | 0836.070:niú |