U+7436 "琶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
琶
U+7436 "琶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents a type of lute, specifically the pipa, a traditional plucked string instrument. In compound words, it most commonly appears in the term 琵琶 (pipa), where it functions as the second character. The character’s etymology is linked to the instrument’s shape and the hand motion of plucking strings, and it is classified under the radical 王 (jade or king) in traditional dictionaries, though its modern usage is almost entirely musical and cultural. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is used in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese writing systems, as well as in Japanese and Korean for the same instrument.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7436 |
| 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 | 琶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 琶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x90 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7436 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007436 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7436 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B55D |
| kCCCII | 214B4C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6063 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6063 |
| kCangjie | MGAU |
| kCantonese | paa4 |
| kCihaiT | 897.604 |
| kCowles | 3416 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1147.100 |
| kDefinition | guitar-like instrument |
| kEACC | 214B4C |
| kFanqie | 蒲巴 |
| kFenn | 77G |
| kFennIndex | 374.01 375.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1171.7 |
| kGB0 | 3735 |
| kGB1 | 3735 |
| kHangul | 파:0N |
| kHanYu | 21119.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21119.080:pá |
| kHKGlyph | 2561 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1147.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21119.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0736.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4543 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B55D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-474A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F0F3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7771 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6063 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5F30 |
| kJapanese | ハ ワ ベ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5044 |
| kJapaneseOn | HA BE |
| kJis0 | 3942 |
| kKangXi | 0736.020 |
| kKorean | PHA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3831 |
| kMandarin | pá |
| kMatthews | 4858 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2208 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017310 |
| kMorohashi | 21081 |
| kNelson | 2945 |
| kPhonetic | 996 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3328+96.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 96.8 |
| kSBGY | 169.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 429.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pá粵paa4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3831 |
| kTang | *bha |
| kTGHZ2013 | 273.090:pá |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bà |
| kXerox | 257:373 |
| kXHC1983 | 0847.080:pá |