U+7A83 "窃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
窃
U+7A83 "窃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to steal" or "secretly," often conveying the idea of taking something without permission or acting in a clandestine manner. In traditional and simplified Chinese scripts, it appears as 竊 and 窃 respectively, with the latter being the standard modern form. This character is classified under the radical 穴 (cave or hole), which hints at its etymological connection to hidden or surreptitious actions, and it is used in words like "盗窃" (theft or larceny) and "窃听" (to eavesdrop). Its usage spans literary, legal, and everyday contexts, reflecting a long standing concept in Chinese culture related to secrecy and wrongful acquisition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7A83 |
| 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 | 窃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 窃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAA 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7A83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007A83 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7a83 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 274F64 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2E48 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2E48 |
| kCangjie | JCPSH |
| kCantonese | sit3 |
| kCihaiT | 999.501 |
| kCowles | 3661 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1292.100 |
| kDefinition | secretly, stealthily; steal; thief |
| kEACC | 274F64 |
| kFennIndex | 57.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3072.7 |
| kGB0 | 3952 |
| kHangul | 절:1 |
| kHanYu | 42723.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | qiè(38) |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1292.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42723.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0864.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4754 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9A73 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4060 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-62E2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6C40 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2E48 |
| kJapanese | セツ ぬすむ ひそかに |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kTGH | 2013:1702 |
| kJapaneseKun | NUSUMU HISOKANI |
| kJapaneseOn | SETSU |
| kJis0 | 3264 |
| kKangXi | 0864.121 |
| kKorean | CEL |
| kLau | 2842 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4537 |
| kMandarin | qiè |
| kMatthews | 813 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2818 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019223 |
| kMorohashi | 25453 |
| kNelson | 3320 |
| kPhonetic | 215 1214 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2692+116.5.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 116.4 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7ACA<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "窃" U+7A83 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 490.08 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 301.100:qiè |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "窃" U+7A83 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "竊" U+7ACA CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0924.090:qiè |