U+7B03 "笃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7B03 "笃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the bamboo radical on top and the phonetic component “马” (meaning horse) below, which together convey the core meanings of sincerity, earnestness, and steadfastness. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "笃定" (assured, determined) and "笃信" (to firmly believe), emphasizing a sense of wholehearted commitment and depth. The character also carries a classical nuance of being serious or devoted, particularly in contexts relating to philosophy, personal character, or heartfelt behavior in East Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7B03
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	笃
HTML Hex Encoding	笃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xAC 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7B03
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007B03
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7b03

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	275039
kCangjie	HNVM
kCantonese	duk1
kDefinition	deep, true, sincere, genuine
kEACC	275039
kFourCornerCode	8812
kGB0	8338
kHanYu	52949.070
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	52949.070
kIRGKangXi	0878.081
kIRG_GSource	G0-7346
kTGH	2013:4255
kKangXi	0878.081
kMainlandTelegraph	4648
kMandarin	dǔ
kRSUnicode	118.3
kSMSZD2003Index	497.07
kTGHZ2013	081.040:dǔ
kTotalStrokes	9
kTraditionalVariant	"篤" U+7BE4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0268.040:dǔ