U+7953 "祓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
祓
U+7953 "祓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character commonly used in Classical Chinese and Japanese, where it signifies a purification ritual or exorcism to remove evil spirits or bad luck. Its radical is 礻 (示), indicating a connection to spiritual or religious practices, and it is often found in ancient texts and Shinto contexts, such as in the term "harai" (祓い), meaning purification or cleansing. The character conveys the act of sweeping away defilement or misfortune through ceremonial rites.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7953 |
| 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 | 祓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 祓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA5 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7953 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007953 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7953 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D2EA |
| kCCCII | 22667D |
| kCNS1986 | 2-314D |
| kCNS1992 | 2-314D |
| kCangjie | IFIKK |
| kCantonese | fat1 |
| kCihaiT | 977.403 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1259.100 |
| kDefinition | exorcise, remove evil; clean |
| kEACC | 22667D |
| kFanqie | 敷勿 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3324.7 |
| kGB0 | 7680 |
| kGB1 | 7680 |
| kGSR | 0276o |
| kHangul | 불:1N |
| kHanYu | 42391.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42391.030:fú,fèi |
| kIICore | CJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1259.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42391.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0841.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C70 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D2EA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6331 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6128 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6261 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-314D |
| kJapanese | フツ ハイ フチ ヘ バイ はらい はらう |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4366 |
| kJapaneseKun | HARAU HARAI |
| kJapaneseOn | FUTSU HAI |
| kJis0 | 6717 |
| kKangXi | 0841.120 |
| kKorean | PWUL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4369 |
| kMandarin | fú |
| kMatthews | 1970 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018787 MJ018787:E0103 MJ018786:E0104 MJ018785:E0106 |
| kMorohashi | 24658 24658:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3242 |
| kPhonetic | 1027 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5892+113.5.5 V+14168+113.4.4 V+14169+113.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 113.5 |
| kSBGY | 391.18 476.49 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 479.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fú粵fat1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4369 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 100.230:fú |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 275:050 |
| kXHC1983 | 0336.050:fú |