U+7948 "祈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
祈
U+7948 "祈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to pray" or "to entreat," representing a request or supplication directed toward a higher power or spiritual force. It is composed of the radical "示" (meaning "altar" or "spirit") on the left, indicating a connection to religious or ritual contexts, and "斤" (meaning "axe") on the right, which contributes to its phonetic pronunciation in Mandarin as "qí." This character appears frequently in classical and modern texts, often within terms such as "祈禱" (prayer) or "祈求" (to plead for something), and it conveys a sense of earnest hope or reverence in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7948 |
| 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 | 祈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 祈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA5 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7948 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007948 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7948 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ACE8 |
| kCCCII | 214E65 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-526B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-526B |
| kCangjie | IFHML |
| kCantonese | kei4 |
| kCowles | 1951 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1258.110 |
| kDefinition | pray; entreat, beseech |
| kEACC | 214E65 |
| kFanqie | 渠希 |
| kFenn | 514D |
| kFennIndex | 39.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3222.1 |
| kGB0 | 3877 |
| kGB1 | 3877 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0443o |
| kHangul | 기:0E |
| kHanYu | 42388.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42388.140:qí,guǐ |
| kHKGlyph | 2862 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1258.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42388.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0840.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-466D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ACE8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3527 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D2E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5137 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-526B |
| kJapanese | キ いのる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1295 |
| kJapaneseKun | INORU INORI |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 2107 |
| kKangXi | 0840.090 |
| kKarlgren | 385 |
| kKorean | KI |
| kLau | 1686 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4362 |
| kMandarin | qí |
| kMatthews | 540 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1117 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018772 MJ030276:FE00 MJ018772:E0102 MJ030276:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 24640' 24640:FE00 24640':E0102 24640:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3234 |
| kPhonetic | 571 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1601+69.4.4 C+1601+113.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 113.4 |
| kSBGY | 065.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 478.15 283.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qí粵kei4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4362 |
| kTang | ghiəi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 291.090:qí |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 252:142 |
| kXHC1983 | 0898.030:qí |