U+7AC5 "竅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
竅
U+7AC5 "竅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "hole," "aperture," "cavity," or "orifice," often used in both literal and metaphorical contexts. In classical and modern Chinese, it can refer to bodily openings, such as the seven orifices of the head, as well as to the concept of a "key" or "crux" in an argument or problem, implying a point of access or insight. This character is composed of the radical for "cave" or "hole" and the phonetic component "qiao," integrating semantic and phonetic elements common in CJK character formation. It appears in various compound words and phrases, from anatomical terms to figurative expressions about understanding or achieving a breakthrough.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7AC5 |
| 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 | 竅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 竅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAB 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7AC5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007AC5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7ac5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2AC |
| kCCCII | 214F61 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7676 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7676 |
| kCangjie | JCHSK |
| kCantonese | kiu3 |
| kCihaiT | 1001.602 |
| kCowles | 1096 1988 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1298.160 |
| kDefinition | hole, opening, aperture |
| kEACC | 214F61 |
| kFanqie | 苦弔 |
| kFenn | 551E |
| kFennIndex | 53.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3024.8 |
| kGB1 | 3947 |
| kGSR | 1162h |
| kHangul | 규:0N |
| kHanYu | 42744.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42744.090:qiào |
| kHKGlyph | 2954 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1298.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42744.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0869.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-474F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2AC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6361 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1D7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-502B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7676 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6156 |
| kJapanese | キョウ あな |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | ANA |
| kJapaneseOn | KYOU |
| kJis0 | 6765 |
| kKangXi | 0869.030 |
| kKarlgren | 329 |
| kKorean | KYU |
| kLau | 1191 |
| kMandarin | qiào |
| kMatthews | 751 |
| kMeyerWempe | 738 1192 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019301 |
| kMorohashi | 25680 |
| kPhonetic | 635 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5940+116.5.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 116.13 |
| kSBGY | 413.09 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "窍" U+7A8D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 493.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qiào粵hiu3,kiu3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4534 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | khíu |
| kXerox | 262:356 |
| kXHC1983 | 0922.031:qiào |