U+742B "琫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
琫
U+742B "琫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that traditionally refers to a type of ornamental jade or a decorative jade fitting, often specifically describing the jade ornaments used to adorn the scabbard or hilt of a sword in ancient Chinese culture. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block and is composed of a radical meaning jade or gem (王, often written as 玉) combined with a phonetic component, indicating its meaning and pronunciation. In classical texts such as the "Book of Songs" (Shijing), "琫" appears in descriptions of ceremonial weapons, highlighting its historical association with status and ritual ornamentation rather than everyday use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+742B |
| 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 | 琫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 琫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x90 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x742B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000742B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u742b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DA7D |
| kCCCII | 22596E |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3E23 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3E23 |
| kCangjie | MGQKQ |
| kCantonese | bung2 |
| kCihaiT | 896.504 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1146.300 |
| kDefinition | ornament |
| kEACC | 22596E |
| kFanqie | 邊孔 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1515.3 |
| kGB3 | 3150 |
| kGSR | 1197e' |
| kHangul | 봉:0N |
| kHanYu | 21119.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21119.030:běng |
| kIICore | AGKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1146.300 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21119.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0735.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3F52 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DA7D |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7829 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DED8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C6D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3E23 |
| kJapanese | ホウ ホ ささげる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5042 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,88,09 |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU FU |
| kJis1 | 4415 |
| kKangXi | 0735.010 |
| kKorean | PONG |
| kMandarin | běng |
| kMeyerWempe | 603b 2518a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017295 |
| kMorohashi | 21068 |
| kPhonetic | 411 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+16975+96.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 96.8 |
| kSBGY | 237.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 429.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | běng粵bung2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3833 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 016.130:běng |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHKMPT |
| kXerox | 312:152 |
| kXHC1983 | 0053.070:běng |