U+78DF "磟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+78DF "磟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the stone radical (石) and the phonetic component 六 (liù) or 鹿 (lù), though its exact meaning varies across historical and regional contexts. In classical texts, it has been used to refer to a type of stone roller or millstone, particularly in agricultural settings for grinding grain or leveling fields, and it also appears in some compound words related to sound, such as referring to the deep rumbling noise of thunder or heavy objects rolling. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, this character is historically significant and occasionally appears in specialized vocabulary, classical literature, or technical terms concerning ancient tools and sound description.

General Properties

Code Point U+78DF
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 磟
HTML Hex Encoding 磟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xA3 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x78DF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000078DF
C/C++/Java Escape \u78df

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 EAAC
kCCCII 226568
kCNS1986 2-5876
kCNS1992 2-5876
kCangjie MRSMH
kCantonese luk6
kCihaiT 973.602
kDaeJaweon 1252.260
kDefinition mediocre; busy; occupied; roller
kEACC 226568
kFanqie 盧谷 力竹
kFourCornerCode 1762.2
kHanYu 42454.110
kHanyuPinyin 42454.110:liù,lù
kIRGDaeJaweon 1252.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42454.110
kIRGKangXi 0835.180
kIRG_GSource GE-4446
kIRG_HSource HB2-EAAC
kIRG_JSource J1-502F
kIRG_KPSource KP1-60A3
kIRG_KSource K2-4D40
kIRG_TSource T2-5876
kJapanese リク ロク
kJapaneseOn RIKU ROKU
kJis1 4815
kKangXi 0835.180
kMandarin liù
kMojiJoho MJ018645
kMorohashi 24429
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22093+112.5.11
kRSUnicode 112.11
kSBGY 451.13 454.25
kSMSZD2003Index 476.08
kTaiwanTelegraph 4330
kTotalStrokes 16
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 312:342
kXHC1983 0730.060:liù