U+790E "礎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
礎
U+790E "礎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning "foundation," "cornerstone," or "base," often used metaphorically to refer to the fundamental or essential part of something, such as the foundation of a building or the basis of a system. It is composed of the "stone" radical (石) on the left, indicating its original material association, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation in various East Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese (chǔ), Japanese, and Korean. This character appears in classical texts and modern usage, notably in the Japanese word "kiso" (基礎) meaning "basis" or "foundation," and it symbolizes stability and structural integrity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+790E |
| 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 | 礎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 礎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA4 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x790E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000790E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u790e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2A6 |
| kCCCII | 214E59 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7670 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7670 |
| kCangjie | MRDDO |
| kCantonese | co2 |
| kCihaiT | 974.508 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1254.260 |
| kDefinition | foundation stone, plinth |
| kEACC | 214E59 |
| kFanqie | 創舉 |
| kFenn | 492H |
| kFennIndex | 98.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1468.1 |
| kGB1 | 2001 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHangul | 초:0E |
| kHanYu | 42458.130 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chǔ(400) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42458.130:chǔ |
| kHKGlyph | 2850 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1254.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42458.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0837.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3421 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2A6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4143 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDEE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7528 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7670 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6076 |
| kJapanese | ソ ショ いしずえ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | ISHIZUE |
| kJapaneseOn | SO SHO |
| kJis0 | 3335 |
| kKangXi | 0837.290 |
| kKorean | CHO |
| kMandarin | chǔ |
| kMatthews | 1395 |
| kMeyerWempe | 327b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018693 |
| kMorohashi | 24522 |
| kNelson | 3222 |
| kPhonetic | 235 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2757+112.5.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 112.13 |
| kSBGY | 258.31 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "础" U+7840 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 477.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chǔ粵co2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4342 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | sờ |
| kXerox | 254:342 |
| kXHC1983 | 0160.081:chǔ |