U+79FD "秽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+79FD "秽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of "dirty," "filthy," or "impure," often used in contexts of physical grime, moral corruption, or vulgarity. It is composed of a radical on the left side related to grain or crops and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its formation as a phono-semantic compound in traditional Chinese script. This character appears in classical and modern Chinese literature, as well as in Japanese, where it retains similar connotations of defilement or obscenity. Its usage spans from describing literal uncleanliness to metaphorically referring to shameful or indecent matters, making it a versatile but strongly negative term in East Asian linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+79FD
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 秽
HTML Hex Encoding 秽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xA7 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x79FD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000079FD
C/C++/Java Escape \u79fd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII 274F4A
kCangjie HDUNI
kCantonese wai3
kDefinition dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene
kEACC 274F4A
kFourCornerCode 2292
kGB0 2764
kHanYu 42603.060
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42603.060
kIRGKangXi 0853.081
kIRG_GSource G0-3B60
kIRG_KSource K2-4E55
kTGH 2013:2315
kKangXi 0853.081
kMainlandTelegraph 4486
kMandarin huì
kRSUnicode 115.6
kSMSZD2003Index 485.15
kTGHZ2013 149.130:huì
kTotalStrokes 11
kTraditionalVariant "穢" U+7A62 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0504.200:huì