U+72A8 "犨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

犨

U+72A8 "犨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that historically refers to a particular type of bovine or ox, often described as a long-horned or large ox, and in classical texts it can also carry the extended meaning of something prominent or protruding. This character is composed of the radical 牛 (niú, meaning cow or ox) and phonetic components, and while it is not commonly used in modern Chinese, it appears in ancient literature and dictionaries, where it is sometimes pronounced as chōu or similar variants depending on context. Its encoding in Unicode ensures that this historically significant logograph remains accessible for digital preservation and scholarly study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72A8
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	犨
HTML Hex Encoding	犨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8A 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72A8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72a8

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

kBigFive	F46C
kCCCII	225648
kCNS1986	2-693B
kCNS1992	2-693B
kCangjie	OGHQ
kCantonese	cau4
kCihaiT	872.601
kDaeJaweon	1118.010
kDefinition	panting of cow; grunting of ox
kEACC	225648
kFanqie	赤周
kFourCornerCode	2050.1
kGB3	4137
kGSR	1091c
kHanYu	31821.150
kHanyuPinyin	31821.150:chōu
kIRGDaeJaweon	1118.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31821.150
kIRGKangXi	0705.100
kIRG_GSource	G3-4945
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F46C
kIRG_JSource	J1-4A6C
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-5772
kIRG_KSource	K2-463D
kIRG_TSource	T2-693B
kJapanese	シュウシュ
kTGH	2013:8061
kJapaneseOn	SHUU SHU
kJis1	4276
kKangXi	0705.100
kMandarin	chōu
kMatthews	1334
kMojiJoho	MJ016880
kMorohashi	20210
kPhonetic	92
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21959+93.4.16
kRSUnicode	93.16
kSBGY	206.13
kTaiwanTelegraph	3687
kTGHZ2013	048.040:chōu
kTotalStrokes	20
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	304:253
kXHC1983	0152.020:chōu