U+78E8 "磨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
磨
U+78E8 "磨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to grind," "to polish," or "to wear down," and is composed of the radical for "stone" (石) combined with a phonetic component suggesting friction or repetitive action. It appears in everyday contexts such as grinding grain with a millstone, sharpening a blade, or figuratively describing the process of honing skills through practice and perseverance. The character also extends to meanings like "to trouble" or "to torment," reflecting both its mechanical and metaphorical uses across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+78E8 |
| 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 | 磨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 磨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA3 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x78E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000078E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u78e8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BF69 |
| kCCCII | 214E51 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7153 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7153 |
| kCangjie | IDMR |
| kCantonese | mo4 |
| kCihaiT | 973.401 |
| kCowles | 2740 2742 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1253.070 |
| kDefinition | grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone |
| kEACC | 214E51 |
| kFanqie | 莫婆 摸卧 |
| kFenn | 494B |
| kFennIndex | 346.06 348.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0026.1 |
| kGB0 | 3605 |
| kGB1 | 3605 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0017f |
| kHangul | 마:0E |
| kHanYu | 42453.130 |
| kHanyuPinlu | mó(90) mo(44) mò(30) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42453.130:mó,mò |
| kHKGlyph | 2842 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1253.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42453.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0835.390 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4425 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BF69 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4B61 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DAAF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5828 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7153 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6071 |
| kJapanese | マ バ みがく |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3367 |
| kJapaneseKun | MIGAKU |
| kJapaneseOn | MA |
| kJis0 | 4365 |
| kKangXi | 0835.390 |
| kKorean | MA |
| kLau | 2186 2187 2188 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4333 |
| kMandarin | mó |
| kMatthews | 4543 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1866 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018655 MJ018655:E0102 MJ018654:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 24449' 24449':E0102 24449:E0103 |
| kNelson | 5393 |
| kPhonetic | 862 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3727+112.5.11 C+3727+200.11.5 V+14042+112.5.11 V+14042+200.11.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 112.11 |
| kSBGY | 162.47 420.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 475.12 204.04 824.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mó粵mo4 mò粵mo4,mo6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4333 |
| kTang | *mɑ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 256.030:mó 257.120:mò |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | mài |
| kXerox | 247:357 |
| kXHC1983 | 0798.040:mó 0801.010:mò |