U+72A0 "犠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

犠

U+72A0 "犠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji character used in Japanese, where it primarily means "sacrifice." It combines the radical for "cow" or "ox" (牛) with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its historical association with livestock offered in religious rituals. In modern usage, it appears in words like "犠牲" (gisei), meaning sacrifice or victim, often in contexts of selfless giving or loss for a greater cause. This character is rooted in traditional Chinese script but is now predominantly employed in Japanese writing systems, including both kanji and occasional literary contexts. Its structure and meaning underscore themes of offering and renunciation across cultural and linguistic applications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72A0
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	犠
HTML Hex Encoding	犠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8A 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72A0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072A0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72a0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCangjie	HQTGI
kCantonese	ji6
kDaeJaweon	1117.170
kDefinition	sacrifice, give up; sacrificial
kEACC	4B4A62
kFourCornerCode	2855.3
kHanYu	31820.221
kIICore	AJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1117.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31820.221
kIRGKangXi	0704.321
kIRG_GSource	GE-4171
kIRG_JSource	J0-353E
kIRG_KSource	K2-4637
kIRG_VSource	V0-3D2A
kJapanese	ギキサいけにえ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kJapaneseKun	IKENIE
kJapaneseOn	GI KI
kJis0	2130
kKangXi	0704.321
kMandarin	xī
kMojiJoho	MJ016872
kMorohashi	20190'
kNelson	2865
kPhonetic	1554*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1624+93.4.13
kRSUnicode	93.13
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	J
kVietnamese	nghé