U+79C9 "秉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
秉
U+79C9 "秉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese and Japanese character that historically conveys the meaning of "to grasp," "to hold," or "to preside over," as it graphically combines a hand and a stalk of grain, suggesting the act of holding or managing something. In modern usage, it often appears in words related to authority or control, such as "秉公" meaning "to act impartially" or "秉持" meaning "to uphold." Its semantic range extends to concepts of wielding power or maintaining principles, reflecting its roots in agricultural imagery transformed into abstract governance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+79C9 |
| 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 | 秉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 秉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA7 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x79C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000079C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u79c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAC3 |
| kCCCII | 214F27 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F26 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F26 |
| kCangjie | HDL |
| kCantonese | bing2 |
| kCihaiT | 988.202 |
| kCowles | 3307 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1272.170 |
| kDefinition | grasp, hold; bundle; authority |
| kEACC | 214F27 |
| kFanqie | 兵永 |
| kFenn | 510F |
| kFennIndex | 414.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2090.7 |
| kGB0 | 1792 |
| kGB1 | 1792 |
| kGSR | 0758a |
| kHangul | 병:0N |
| kHanYu | 42592.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42592.050:bǐng |
| kHKGlyph | 2895 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1272.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42592.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0849.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-317C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAC3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-633D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEA7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C3C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F26 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6133 |
| kJapanese | ヘイ ヒョウ ヒン とる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1134 |
| kJapaneseKun | TORU |
| kJapaneseOn | HEI |
| kJis0 | 6729 |
| kKangXi | 0849.210 |
| kKarlgren | 70 |
| kKorean | PYENG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4426 |
| kMandarin | bǐng |
| kMatthews | 5291 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2374b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019001 |
| kMorohashi | 24932 |
| kPhonetic | 1054 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5904+58.3.5 C+5904+115.5.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 115.3 |
| kSBGY | 316.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 483.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bǐng粵bing2 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+62FC<kMeyerWempe |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4426 |
| kTang | biæ̌ng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 025.050:bǐng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bảnh |
| kXerox | 263:315 |
| kXHC1983 | 0078.070:bǐng |