U+792A "礪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

礪

U+792A "礪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logographic character from the CJK Unified Ideographs block, representing the Chinese character "礪", which traditionally means "whetstone" or "to sharpen" and is used metaphorically to signify tempering or grinding, as in honing one's skills or character through hardship. This character is composed of the radical 石 (stone) on the left, indicating its association with rock or stone, and the phonetic component 厲 (lì) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese. Commonly found in classical and modern Chinese texts, it appears in words like "勵志" (to inspire or encourage, though note the simplified variant 励 for "encourage") and "磨礪" (to sharpen or polish), carrying a connotation of refinement and resilience. The character is encoded for use in digital text across systems that support East Asian scripts, facilitating its representation in writing, literature, and historical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+792A
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	礪
HTML Hex Encoding	礪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xA4 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x792A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000792A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u792a

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	C472
kCCCII	214E5D
kCNS1986	1-797D
kCNS1992	1-797D
kCangjie	MRMTB
kCantonese	lai6
kCihaiT	975.101
kCowles	2213
kDaeJaweon	1255.250
kDefinition	whetstone; sharpen
kEACC	214E5D
kFanqie	力制
kFenn	577I
kFennIndex	298.07
kFourCornerCode	1162.7
kGB1	7734
kGSR	0340b
kHangul	려:0N 여:0
kHanYu	42461.050
kHanyuPinyin	42461.050:lì
kHKGlyph	2853
kIICore	ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1255.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42461.050
kIRGKangXi	0838.230
kIRG_GSource	G1-6D42
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C472
kIRG_JSource	J0-626A
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D7F4
kIRG_KSource	K0-556C
kIRG_TSource	T1-797D
kJapanese	レイあらととみがく
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	ARATO MIGAKU TO
kJapaneseOn	REI
kJis0	6674
kKangXi	0838.230
kKarlgren	539
kKorean	LYE
kMandarin	lì
kMatthews	3909
kMeyerWempe	1471
kMojiJoho	MJ018723 MJ018723:E0102 MJ018724:E0103
kMorohashi	24571:E0103
kNelson	3224
kPhonetic	773
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5855+112.5.14 V+13569+112.5.14
kRSUnicode	112.15
kSBGY	378.47
kSimplifiedVariant	"砺" U+783A CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	477.12
kSMSZD2003Readings	lì粵lai6
kTaiwanTelegraph	4350
kTang	liɛ̀i
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kXerox	275:047
kXHC1983	0697.161:lì