U+78E2 "磢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+78E2 "磢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used in Classical Chinese and literary texts, representing a specific type of grinding stone or the action of scraping or polishing. This character is composed of the radical for "stone" (石) on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its semantic association with stone tools or surfaces. In modern usage, it is rare and largely confined to historical or specialized contexts, such as descriptions of ancient milling or sharpening techniques. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures that scholars and digital archivists can encode this character for accurate representation of premodern East Asian writings.

General Properties

Code Point	U+78E2
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	磢
HTML Hex Encoding	磢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xA3 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x78E2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000078E2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u78e2

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	EAAA
kCCCII	226571
kCNS1986	2-5874
kCNS1992	2-5874
kCangjie	MRKKK
kCantonese	cong2
kCheungBauer	112/11;MRKKK;saang2
kCheungBauerIndex	447.09
kCihaiT	973.306
kDaeJaweon	1252.300
kDefinition	(Cant.) to grind; a roller
kFanqie	初兩
kFourCornerCode	1463.4
kGB3	5660
kHanYu	42452.130
kHanyuPinyin	42452.130:chuǎng
kIRGDaeJaweon	1252.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42452.130
kIRGKangXi	0835.260
kIRG_GSource	G3-585C
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EAAA
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-018648
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-60B0
kIRG_KSource	K2-4D42
kIRG_TSource	T2-5874
kIRG_VSource	V2-7E73
kJapanese	ソウ ショウ
kKangXi	0835.260
kMandarin	chuǎng
kMojiJoho	MJ018648
kMorohashi	24437
kPhonetic	1233
kRSUnicode	112.11
kSBGY	311.19
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	HMT