U+76CB "盋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
盋
U+76CB "盋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that historically belongs to the set of ideographs used in classical and literary Chinese texts, though it is not commonly encountered in modern standard usage. Its structure combines a phonetic component and a semantic radical related to vessels or containers, as suggested by the top portion resembling "皿" (a vessel or dish). The exact meaning of "盋" is obscure and not well documented in contemporary dictionaries, but it is sometimes associated with ancient bronze or ritual implements, reflecting its origins in early Chinese writing where many characters were used for specific, narrowly defined objects or actions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+76CB |
| 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 | 盋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 盋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x9B 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x76CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000076CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u76cb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 226123 |
| kCNS1986 | E-325A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-325A |
| kCangjie | XIEBT |
| kCantonese | but3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1208.200 |
| kDefinition | earthenware basin; alms bowl (Sanskrit paatra) |
| kEACC | 226123 |
| kFanqie | 北末 |
| kHanYu | 42559.060 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1208.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42559.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0793.220 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-435C |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-4E4C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-5D3F |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-4A66 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-325A |
| kJapanese | ハツ ハチ |
| kJapaneseKun | WAN |
| kJapaneseOn | HATSU HACHI |
| kJis1 | 4644 |
| kKangXi | 0793.220 |
| kMandarin | bō |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018080 |
| kMorohashi | 22975 |
| kPhonetic | 1027 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+22044+108.5.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 108.5 |
| kSBGY | 485.35 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 456.13 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kXHC1983 | 0080.040:bō |