U+76CA "益" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+76CA "益" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "benefit," "profit," or "increase," and it carries the connotation of something advantageous or to add value. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "dish" or "vessel" at the top and the character for "water" below, reflecting its original pictographic representation of water overflowing from a container, which symbolizes abundance or surplus. In modern usage, it appears in words such as "利益" meaning "interest" or "benefit," "益处" meaning "advantage," and "增益" meaning "gain" or "enhancement," while it also functions as a component in other complex characters. The character is commonly encountered in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written languages, where it is used in both formal and everyday contexts, including concepts of improvement, profit, and nourishment.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
益 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
益 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE7 0x9B 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x76CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000076CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u76ca |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
AF71 |
| kCCCII |
214D33 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-5674 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-5674 |
| kCangjie |
TCBT |
| kCantonese |
jik1 |
| kCowles |
5205 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1208.180 |
| kDefinition |
profit, benefit; advantage; hexagram ䷩ |
| kEACC |
214D33 |
| kFanqie |
伊昔 |
| kFenn |
610B |
| kFennIndex |
218.02 |
| kFourCornerCode |
8010.7 |
| kGB0 |
5070 |
| kGB1 |
5070 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0849a |
| kHangul |
익:0E |
| kHanYu |
42560.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
yì(335) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
42560.060:yì |
| kHKGlyph |
2719 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1208.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
42560.060 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0793.180 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5266 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-AF71 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3157 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-FCC0 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6C4C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-5674 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-602D |
| kJapanese |
エキ ヤク ます ますます |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:2055 |
| kJapaneseKun |
MASU MASUMASU |
| kJapaneseOn |
EKI YAKU |
| kJis0 |
1755 |
| kKangXi |
0793.180 |
| kKorean |
IK |
| kLau |
3433 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
4135 |
| kMandarin |
yì |
| kMatthews |
3052 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3893 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ018079 MJ030209:FE00 MJ018079:E0102 MJ030209:E0103 MJ058674:E0104 MJ059934:E0105 |
| kMorohashi |
22972' 22972:FE00 22972':E0102 22972:E0103 |
| kNelson |
0597 |
| kPhonetic |
1555 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1273+108.5.5 |
| kRSUnicode |
108.5 |
| kSBGY |
516.46 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+FA17<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
456.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yì粵jik1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
4135 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
434.250:yì |
| kTotalStrokes |
10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
ích |
| kXerox |
245:277 |
| kXHC1983 |
1368.070:yì |