U+7959 "祙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
祙
U+7959 "祙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the radical for "spirit" or "deity" (礻) on the left and the phonetic component "末" (mò) on the right, generally meaning a type of ancestral shrine or a place for spirit tablets in traditional contexts. Not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it appears in classical texts and historical records, particularly in relation to memorial halls or ceremonial spaces dedicated to ancestors. This character is distinct from the more common character "袂" (mèi, meaning sleeve) due to the different radical, and its usage helps preserve the nuanced vocabulary of ancient Chinese architecture and ritual practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7959 |
| 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 | 祙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 祙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA5 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7959 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007959 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7959 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-3270 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3270 |
| kCangjie | IFJD |
| kCantonese | mei6 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1260.050 |
| kDefinition | demon |
| kGB5 | 5547 |
| kHanYu | 42389.041 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1260.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42389.041 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0842.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-574F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-94C6 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-018801 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6126 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3270 |
| kJapanese | ビ ミ |
| kJapaneseKun | ONI BAKEMONO |
| kJapaneseOn | MI BI |
| kKangXi | 0842.121 |
| kMandarin | mèi |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018801 MJ018801:E0100 MJ018802:E0101 |
| kMorohashi | 24667:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 894* |
| kRSUnicode | 113.5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 8892 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |
| kXerox | 312:347 |
| kZVariant | U+2562F |