U+7596 "疖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
疖
U+7596 "疖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a small, localized skin swelling or boil, often associated with inflammation or infection. In modern medical contexts, it corresponds to a furuncle, a common condition caused by bacterial infection of a hair follicle. This character is composed of the radical "疒" (meaning illness or disease) and the phonetic component "节" (meaning knot or joint), visually suggesting a painful, knot-like growth on the body. It is used in both traditional and simplified Chinese writing systems, with its usage extending to literary and descriptive medical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7596 |
| 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 | 疖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 疖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x96 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7596 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007596 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7596 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | KSL |
| kCantonese | zit3 |
| kDefinition | pimple, sore, boil |
| kEACC | 4C6022 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0012 |
| kGB0 | 8060 |
| kHanYu | 42659.110 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42659.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0769.091 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-705C |
| kTGH | 2013:3759 |
| kKangXi | 0769.091 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4081 |
| kMandarin | jiē |
| kPhonetic | 208 209 |
| kRSUnicode | 104.2 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 443.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 171.200:jiē |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "癤" U+7664 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0574.010:jiē |