U+78F0 "磰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+78F0 "磰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character composed of the stone radical 石 on the left and the phonetic component 善 on the right, which together suggest a meaning related to a type of fine-grained stone or whetstone. Its historical usage appears in classical Chinese texts, where it primarily denotes a smooth, hard stone used for polishing or sharpening tools, such as a hone or abrasive stone. While not commonly found in modern standard Chinese, the character exists in ancient lexicons and specialized contexts, reflecting the nuanced terminology for stones and minerals in traditional Chinese culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+78F0
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	磰
HTML Hex Encoding	磰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xA3 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x78F0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000078F0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u78f0

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

kCCCII	22657B
kCNS1986	E-5560
kCNS1992	3-5560
kCangjie	MRTGR
kCantonese	sin6
kFanqie	常演
kGB5	5664
kHanYu	42457.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42457.060
kIRGKangXi	0836.140
kIRG_GSource	G5-5860
kIRG_HSource	H-94E8
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-018664
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-60C8
kIRG_TSource	T3-5560
kJapanese	セン ゼン
kKangXi	0836.140
kMandarin	shàn
kMojiJoho	MJ018664
kMorohashi	24466
kPhonetic	1203*
kRSUnicode	112.12
kSBGY	292.05
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	H