U+7859 "硙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7859 "硙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning a millstone or the action of grinding with such a stone, though it is considered a variant form of the more common character "磑." This logograph falls under the radical for stone or rock and is used in historical or classical Chinese texts, particularly in contexts related to milling grain or crushing materials. Its representation integrates components that suggest stone and a phonetic element, aligning with its function as a tool or process in ancient technology and daily life.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7859
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	硙
HTML Hex Encoding	硙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xA1 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7859
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007859
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7859

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	286558
kCangjie	MRUSU
kCantonese	wui1
kDefinition	stone mill; grind; break apart
kFourCornerCode	1261.7
kGB8	1468
kHanYu	42429.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42429.020
kIRGKangXi	0830.131
kIRG_GSource	G8-2E64
kTGH	2013:7147
kJapaneseKun	USU
kJapaneseOn	GAI
kKangXi	0830.131
kMainlandTelegraph	4328
kMandarin	wèi
kRSUnicode	112.6
kSMSZD2003Index	470.17
kTGHZ2013	384.050:wèi
kTotalStrokes	11
kTraditionalVariant	"磑" U+78D1 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1194.040:wéi 1200.031:wèi