U+79B3 "禳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
禳
U+79B3 "禳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character primarily associated with exorcism, prayer, and ritualistic practices aimed at averting evil or misfortune. It is composed of the radical 礻, which signifies connection to spirits or worship, and a phonetic component 襄. In classical texts and religious contexts, 禳 denotes ceremonies performed by priests or shamans to banish calamities, such as plagues or droughts, through sacrificial offerings or incantations. The character carries deep cultural significance in East Asian folklore and Daoist traditions, where it embodies the human effort to seek divine protection against supernatural harm.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+79B3 |
| 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 | 禳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 禳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA6 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x79B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000079B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u79b3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5A1 |
| kCCCII | 22677A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7B6B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7B6B |
| kCangjie | IFYRV |
| kCantonese | joeng4 |
| kCihaiT | 986.203 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1269.140 |
| kDefinition | pray or sacrifice, exorcise |
| kEACC | 22677A |
| kFanqie | 汝陽 |
| kFenn | 369K |
| kFennIndex | 225.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3023.2 |
| kGB0 | 7692 |
| kGB1 | 7692 |
| kGSR | 0730g |
| kHangul | 양:0N |
| kHanYu | 42412.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42412.020:ráng |
| kIICore | AGTKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1269.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42412.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0847.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C7C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5A1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-633A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F8A1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-654C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7B6B |
| kJapanese | ジョウ ニョウ はらう |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6460 |
| kJapaneseKun | HARAU |
| kJapaneseOn | JOU |
| kJis0 | 6726 |
| kKangXi | 0847.290 |
| kKorean | YANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4412 |
| kMandarin | ráng |
| kMatthews | 3082 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3886e |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018975 MJ018975:E0101 MJ018974:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 24868 24868:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1160 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5901+113.5.17 |
| kRSUnicode | 113.17 |
| kSBGY | 174.27 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 482.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | ráng粵joeng4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4412 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 312.130:ráng |
| kTotalStrokes | 21 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 275:054 |
| kXHC1983 | 0955.050:ráng |