U+7889 "碉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
碉
U+7889 "碉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in written Chinese and other languages that adopt Chinese script, such as Japanese and Korean. It primarily refers to a type of stone or earthen structure, often associated with a watchtower or fortified building, particularly the distinctive diaolou towers found in the Kaiping region of Guangdong, China, which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. The character combines the radical for stone (石) with the phonetic component 周, conveying both its material association and its pronunciation (diāo in Mandarin). In modern usage, it appears in words like "碉堡" meaning bunker or pillbox, reflecting its historical military and defensive architectural significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7889 |
| 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 | 碉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 碉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA2 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7889 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007889 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7889 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B84D |
| kCCCII | 214E40 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6554 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6554 |
| kCangjie | MRBGR |
| kCantonese | diu1 |
| kCihaiT | 969.303 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1248.190 |
| kDefinition | room made of stone; watchtower |
| kEACC | 214E40 |
| kFanqie | 都聊 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1762.0 |
| kGB0 | 2179 |
| kGB1 | 2179 |
| kHanYu | 42439.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42439.050:diāo |
| kHKGlyph | 2826 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1248.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42439.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0831.480 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-356F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B84D |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-018552 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6038 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-4C76 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6554 |
| kJapanese | チョウ |
| kTGH | 2013:5420 |
| kKangXi | 0831.480 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4306 |
| kMandarin | diāo |
| kMatthews | 6272 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018552 |
| kMorohashi | 24279 |
| kPhonetic | 80 |
| kRSUnicode | 112.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 472.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | diāo粵diu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 8874 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 075.050:diāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 273:376 |
| kXHC1983 | 0248.040:diāo |