U+7974 "祴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
祴
U+7974 "祴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 113 (示, meaning spirit or worship) with 10 additional strokes, totaling 14 strokes. Its historical usage includes representing an ancient ceremonial song or a specific type of ritual hymn performed during festivals or sacrifices in classical China. While largely obsolete in modern standard Chinese, it appears in some classical texts and poetic references. The character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block, occupying a position that preserves a piece of literary and ritual history from the Chinese tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7974 |
| 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 | 祴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 祴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA5 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7974 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007974 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7974 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DAD2 |
| kCCCII | 226733 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3E56 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3E56 |
| kCangjie | IFIT |
| kCantonese | goi1 |
| kCihaiT | 982.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1263.200 |
| kFanqie | 古哀 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3325.0 |
| kGB3 | 5511 |
| kHanYu | 42399.200 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42399.200:gāi |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1263.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42399.200 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0843.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-572B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DAD2 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-018853 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6145 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-4D7C |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3E56 |
| kJapanese | カイ カツ ケチ |
| kKangXi | 0843.200 |
| kMandarin | gāi |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018853 MJ018853:E0100 MJ018852:E0101 |
| kMorohashi | 24717 24717:E0100 |
| kPhonetic | 540 |
| kRSUnicode | 113.7 |
| kSBGY | 099.38 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |