U+7AD6 "竖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
竖
U+7AD6 "竖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "vertical" or "to erect," and it is composed of the radical for "stand" combined with a phonetic component. In traditional Chinese calligraphy and typography, it specifically refers to a vertical stroke, making it a fundamental element in writing characters. This character is also used in modern contexts, such as in the word "竖线" (shù xiàn) meaning "vertical line," and appears in names, descriptions of directional orientation, and technical fields like computing where it describes vertical alignment in text or graphics. Its form and function remain consistent across Traditional and Simplified Chinese scripts, reflecting its stable linguistic role.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7AD6 |
| 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 | 竖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 竖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAB 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7AD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007AD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7ad6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275957 |
| kCangjie | LEYT |
| kCantonese | syu6 |
| kDefinition | perpendicular, vertical; erect |
| kEACC | 275957 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2710 |
| kGB0 | 4290 |
| kHanYu | 42707.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shù(30) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42707.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0870.271 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4A7A |
| kTGH | 2013:1473 |
| kKangXi | 0870.271 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4549 |
| kMandarin | shù |
| kPhonetic | 1241C* 1322* |
| kRSUnicode | 117.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 493.11 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 342.100:shù |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "竪" U+7AEA CJK Unified Ideograph-# "豎" U+8C4E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1069.010:shù |