U+73D3 "珓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

珓

U+73D3 "珓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) classified under the radical for jade or gemstone, reflecting its original association with ritual objects. In classical Chinese contexts, 珓 refers specifically to the "divination blocks" or moon blocks, a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or jade pieces used in traditional Chinese folk religion for casting lots to seek guidance from deities. These blocks are thrown in front of an altar, and their resulting positions (both flat, both rounded, or one of each) are interpreted as yes, no, or uncertain responses from the spiritual realm. The character carries historical and cultural significance in East Asian traditions, particularly within Taoist and ancestor worship practices, though its use in modern written Chinese is rare and largely confined to religious or literary references.

General Properties

Code Point	U+73D3
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	珓
HTML Hex Encoding	珓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8F 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x73D3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000073D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u73d3

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	D2AB
kCCCII	225921
kCNS1986	2-306C
kCNS1992	2-306C
kCangjie	MGYCK
kCantonese	gaau3
kCihaiT	894.401
kCowles	1513
kDaeJaweon	1141.230
kDefinition	two hemispherical objects used in divination
kEACC	225921
kFanqie	古孝
kFourCornerCode	1014.8
kGB3	3132
kHanYu	21112.110
kHanyuPinyin	21112.110:jiào
kIRGDaeJaweon	1141.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21112.110
kIRGKangXi	0730.110
kIRG_GSource	G3-3F40
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D2AB
kIRG_JSource	J1-4B6F
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-58E8
kIRG_KSource	K2-4766
kIRG_TSource	T2-306C
kJapanese	コウキョウ
kJapaneseOn	KOU KYOU
kJis1	4379
kKangXi	0730.110
kKarlgren	357
kMandarin	jiào
kMeyerWempe	1002b
kMojiJoho	MJ017198
kMorohashi	20937
kPhonetic	553
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21985+96.4.6
kRSUnicode	96.6
kSBGY	415.27
kSMSZD2003Index	426.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	jiào粵gaau3
kTaiwanTelegraph	3795
kTang	gàu
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	304:312
kXHC1983	0571.030:jiào