U+73E0 "珠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
珠
U+73E0 "珠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "pearl" or "bead," and by extension, it can refer to any small, round, precious object. Composed of the radical "王" (jade/king) combined with "朱" (vermillion/red), the character visually suggests a precious or reddish gem. In classical and modern usage, it appears in words like 珍珠 (zhēnzhū, pearl), 眼珠 (yǎnzhū, eyeball), and 珠寶 (zhūbǎo, jewelry), and it carries cultural connotations of rarity, value, and beauty, often used in idioms such as 掌上明珠 (zhǎng shàng míng zhū, a pearl in the palm, meaning a beloved child).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+73E0 |
| 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 | 珠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 珠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x8F 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x73E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000073E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u73e0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AF5D |
| kCCCII | 214B42 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5660 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5660 |
| kCangjie | MGHJD |
| kCantonese | zyu1 |
| kCihaiT | 893.202 |
| kCowles | 314 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1142.140 |
| kDefinition | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl |
| kEACC | 214B42 |
| kFanqie | 章俱 |
| kFenn | 499D |
| kFennIndex | 93.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1519.0 |
| kGB0 | 5473 |
| kGB1 | 5473 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0128e |
| kHangul | 주:0E |
| kHanYu | 21111.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhū(140) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21111.070:zhū |
| kHKGlyph | 2549 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1142.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21111.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0730.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5669 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AF5D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3C6E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9F0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7141 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5660 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5F26 |
| kJapanese | シュ ジュ たま |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1773 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAMA |
| kJapaneseOn | SHU |
| kJis0 | 2878 |
| kKangXi | 0730.290 |
| kKorean | CWU |
| kLau | 1566 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3796 |
| kMandarin | zhū |
| kMatthews | 1349 |
| kMeyerWempe | 344 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017212 |
| kMorohashi | 20956 |
| kNelson | 2936 |
| kPhonetic | 260 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2330+96.4.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 96.6 |
| kSBGY | 077.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 426.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhū粵zyu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3796 |
| kTang | *jio |
| kTGHZ2013 | 483.160:zhū |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | châu |
| kXerox | 246:364 |
| kXHC1983 | 1507.030:zhū |