U+787C "硼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+787C "硼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the chemical element boron. It is composed of the radical 石 meaning stone or mineral, reflecting its classification as a nonmetallic element often found in mineral compounds, and the phonetic component 朋 which hints at its pronunciation as "péng" in Mandarin. This logograph appears in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, specifically in technical and scientific contexts such as chemistry, materials science, and medicine, where boron is referenced in compounds like borax or boric acid. The character was included in the Unicode standard to support East Asian text processing for digital documents, databases, and communication, ensuring accurate representation of this essential term across global information systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+787C
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 硼
HTML Hex Encoding 硼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xA1 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x787C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000787C
C/C++/Java Escape \u787c

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

kBigFive B84E
kCCCII 214E42
kCNS1986 1-6555
kCNS1992 1-6555
kCangjie MRBB
kCantonese paang4
kCihaiT 968.405
kCowles 3455
kDaeJaweon 1247.200
kDefinition borax, boron
kEACC 214E42
kFenn 622H
kFennIndex 397.11
kFourCornerCode 1762.0
kGB0 3780
kGB1 3780
kHangul 붕:0N
kHanYu 42439.040
kHanyuPinyin 42439.040:pēng,péng
kHKGlyph 2827
kIICore AGTHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1247.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42439.040
kIRGKangXi 0831.230
kIRG_GSource G0-4570
kIRG_HSource HB1-B84E
kIRG_JSource J0-626F
kIRG_KPSource KP0-DFC6
kIRG_KSource K0-5D5D
kIRG_TSource T1-6555
kJapanese ホウ ヒョウ
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:5419
kJapaneseOn HOU
kJis0 6679
kKangXi 0831.230
kKorean PWUNG PHYENG
kLau 2472
kMainlandTelegraph 4296
kMandarin péng
kMatthews 5056
kMeyerWempe 2291
kMojiJoho MJ018538 MJ018538:E0102 MJ018537:E0103
kMorohashi 24254:E0103
kNelson 3200
kPhonetic 1024
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+5860+112.5.8 V+7845+112.5.8
kRSUnicode 112.8
kSMSZD2003Index 471.14
kSMSZD2003Readings péng粵paang4
kTaiwanTelegraph 4296
kTGHZ2013 279.110:péng
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kXerox 262:337
kXHC1983 0864.050:péng