U+7B19 "笙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
笙
U+7B19 "笙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character representing a mouth-blown free reed instrument made from bamboo pipes, known as the sheng, which is one of the oldest Chinese wind instruments and often used in classical and folk music for its harmonious, expressive sound. This ideograph, composed of the bamboo radical and a phonetic component, encapsulates both the material and musical essence of the instrument, reflecting its deep cultural heritage and continued relevance in East Asian musical traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7B19 |
| 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 | 笙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 笙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAC 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7B19 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007B19 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7b19 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B2C6 |
| kCCCII | 214F77 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5C4B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5C4B |
| kCangjie | HHQM |
| kCantonese | sang1 |
| kCihaiT | 1008.605 |
| kCowles | 3842 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1307.210 |
| kDefinition | small gourd-shaped musical instrument |
| kEACC | 214F77 |
| kFanqie | 所庚 |
| kFenn | 41I |
| kFennIndex | 446.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8810.4 |
| kGB0 | 8347 |
| kGB1 | 8347 |
| kGSR | 0812h |
| kHangul | 생:0N |
| kHanYu | 52955.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52955.060:shēng |
| kHKGlyph | 2975 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1307.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52955.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0879.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-734F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B2C6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6379 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5F8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F69 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5C4B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6162 |
| kJapanese | ショウ ソウ セイ シン ふえ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2320 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUE |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SHOU |
| kJis0 | 6789 |
| kKangXi | 0879.290 |
| kKorean | SAYNG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4563 |
| kMandarin | shēng |
| kMatthews | 5742 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2637a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019399 |
| kMorohashi | 25913 |
| kNelson | 3377 |
| kPhonetic | 1130 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5964+100.5.6 C+5964+118.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.5 |
| kSBGY | 187.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 498.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shēng粵sang1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4563 |
| kTang | *shræng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 333.010:shēng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | sanh sênh sềnh sinh xênh |
| kXerox | 262:352 |
| kXHC1983 | 1028.030:shēng |