U+7839 "砹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+7839 "砹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a logogram representing the chemical element astatine, which is a rare, radioactive halogen. Its composition combines the radical 石 (stone or rock) on the left, suggesting a connection to minerals or solids, with the phonetic component 艾 (ài) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation in Mandarin as "ài." Beyond its scientific usage in modern Chinese for astatine, the character appears less commonly in historical contexts and is not a frequent character in everyday language, mostly encountered in specialized chemical nomenclature. Its Unicode inclusion supports digital representation and text processing for East Asian languages, ensuring compatibility across systems that handle Classical and Simplified Chinese writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+7839
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 砹
HTML Hex Encoding 砹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xA0 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x7839
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00007839
C/C++/Java Escape \u7839

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

kCangjie MRTK
kCantonese ngaai6
kDefinition astatine (element 85, At)
kEACC 4C6376
kFourCornerCode 1464
kGB0 7733
kGB1 7733
kHanYu 42422.070
kHanyuPinyin 42422.070:ài
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42422.070
kIRGKangXi 0830.131
kIRG_GSource G0-6D41
kIRG_HSource H-98F5
kTGH 2013:4474
kKangXi 0830.131
kMainlandTelegraph 0032
kMandarin ài
kRSUnicode 112.5
kSMSZD2003Index 470.09
kSMSZD2003Readings ài粵ngaai6
kTGHZ2013 002.130:ài
kTotalStrokes 10
kUnihanCore2020 GH
kXerox 320:314
kXHC1983 0004.060:ài