U+7384 "玄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
玄
U+7384 "玄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries profound philosophical and aesthetic significance, most famously associated with Taoist thought. In classical texts like the Dao De Jing, "玄" often denotes a deep, mysterious, or profound quality, famously appearing in the opening passage to describe the "dark" or "mysterious" gateway to all understanding. Beyond its metaphysical implications, the character can also refer to the color black or a somber hue, and it figures in historical terms for certain astronomical or cosmological concepts. In modern usage, it appears in compound words related to metaphysics or esotericism, while also representing a common surname in Chinese culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7384 |
| 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 | 玄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 玄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x8E 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7384 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007384 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7384 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5C8 |
| kCCCII | 214B30 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4668 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4668 |
| kCangjie | YVI |
| kCantonese | jyun4 |
| kCihaiT | 883.101 |
| kCowles | 4926 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1134.080 |
| kDefinition | deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95 |
| kEACC | 214B30 |
| kFanqie | 胡涓 |
| kFenn | 877G |
| kFennIndex | 192.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0073.2 |
| kGB0 | 4894 |
| kGB1 | 4894 |
| kGSR | 0366a |
| kHangul | 현:0E |
| kHanYu | 10280.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10280.030:xuán,xuàn |
| kHKGlyph | 2532 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1134.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10280.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0725.011 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-507E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5C8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-383C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3C3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A5C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4668 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5E7A |
| kJapanese | ゲン ケン くろ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:304 |
| kJapaneseKun | KURO |
| kJapaneseOn | GEN KEN |
| kJis0 | 2428 |
| kKangXi | 0725.011 |
| kKarlgren | 169 |
| kKorean | HYEN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3763 |
| kMandarin | xuán |
| kMatthews | 2881 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3669 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017112 |
| kMorohashi | 20814 |
| kNelson | 2918 |
| kPhonetic | 1623 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1904+95.5.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 95.0 |
| kSBGY | 136.27 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4F2D<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 423.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xuán粵jyun4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3763 |
| kTang | *huen |
| kTGHZ2013 | 414.230:xuán |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | huyền |
| kXerox | 255:075 |
| kXHC1983 | 1306.030:xuán |