U+7840 "础" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+7840 "础" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a foundation or base, commonly used in compound words such as "基础" (jīchǔ), meaning "foundation" or "basis." It is a simplified form of the traditional character "礎," and in its composition, it combines the radical for "stone" (石) with the phonetic component "出" (chū), referencing the idea of a stone base or cornerstone. This character is frequently employed in both literal and figurative contexts, such as in architecture to denote a building's foundation or in discussions of fundamental principles in fields like education, science, and philosophy. Its usage spans multiple languages that incorporate Chinese characters, including Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean, where it retains similar meanings related to foundational elements.

General Properties

Code Point U+7840
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 础
HTML Hex Encoding 础
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xA1 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x7840
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00007840
C/C++/Java Escape \u7840

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

kCCCII 274E59
kCangjie MRUU
kCantonese co2
kDefinition foundation stone, plinth
kEACC 274E59
kFourCornerCode 2523
kGB0 2001
kHanYu 42425.150
kHanyuPinlu chǔ(400)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42425.150
kIRGKangXi 0829.331
kIRG_GSource G0-3421
kTGH 2013:1866
kKangXi 0829.331
kMainlandTelegraph 4342
kMandarin chǔ
kPhonetic 235 334
kRSUnicode 112.5
kSMSZD2003Index 470.01
kTGHZ2013 050.110:chǔ
kTotalStrokes 10
kTraditionalVariant "礎" U+790E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0160.080:chǔ