U+7434 "琴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

琴

U+7434 "琴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a stringed musical instrument, most commonly referring to the guqin, a revered seven-stringed zither in Chinese classical tradition, though it can also denote similar instruments like the piano in modern usage. Its composition combines the radical for "king" or "jade" (王) with the phonetic component "今" (jin), reflecting the instrument's elegant and esteemed cultural status. Historically, the character appears in ancient texts and calligraphy, symbolizing refinement, scholarship, and artistic expression. The guqin itself has been played for over three thousand years and is deeply intertwined with philosophical traditions such as Confucianism and Daoism, where it was considered a tool for self-cultivation and harmony with nature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7434
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	琴
HTML Hex Encoding	琴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x90 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7434
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007434
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7434

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	B55E
kCCCII	214B4D
kCNS1986	1-6064
kCNS1992	1-6064
kCangjie	MGOIN
kCantonese	kam4
kCihaiT	897.105
kCowles	1911
kDaeJaweon	1147.080
kDefinition	Chinese lute or guitar
kEACC	214B4D
kFanqie	巨金
kFenn	77B
kFennIndex	77.04
kFourCornerCode	1120.7
kGB0	3957
kGB1	3957
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	0651q
kHangul	금:0E
kHanYu	21119.070
kHanyuPinlu	qín(59)
kHanyuPinyin	21119.070:qín
kHKGlyph	2563
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1147.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21119.070
kIRGKangXi	0735.110
kIRG_GSource	G0-4759
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B55E
kIRG_JSource	J0-3657
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D2A2
kIRG_KSource	K0-5056
kIRG_TSource	T1-6064
kIRG_VSource	V1-5F2E
kJapanese	キンゴンこと
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:2501
kJapaneseKun	KOTO
kJapaneseOn	KIN
kJis0	2255
kKangXi	0735.110
kKarlgren	386
kKorean	KUM
kLau	1655
kMainlandTelegraph	3830
kMandarin	qín
kMatthews	1103
kMeyerWempe	1024
kMojiJoho	MJ017306 MJ017306:E0101 MJ017307:E0102 MJ017308:E0103
kMorohashi	21079 21079:E0101
kNelson	2949
kPhonetic	565
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1743+96.4.8
kRSUnicode	96.8
kSBGY	219.11
kSMSZD2003Index	429.04
kSMSZD2003Readings	qín粵kam4
kTaiwanTelegraph	3830
kTang	*ghyim
kTGHZ2013	302.110:qín
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	cầm
kXerox	250:241
kXHC1983	0927.100:qín