U+7B33 "笳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
笳
U+7B33 "笳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of ancient reed instrument, specifically a double-reed pipe or flute used in traditional East Asian music. This character combines the bamboo radical (⺮) with the phonetic component 加, reflecting its material and sound association. Historically, the 笳 was commonly used in Chinese court and military music, producing a plaintive, reedy tone, and it is frequently referenced in classical poetry and historical texts to evoke themes of nostalgia or frontier life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7B33 |
| 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 | 笳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 笳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAC 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7B33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007B33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7b33 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D6D2 |
| kCCCII | 226B40 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3775 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3775 |
| kCangjie | HKSR |
| kCantonese | gaa1 |
| kCihaiT | 1011.105 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1309.070 |
| kDefinition | a reed leaf whistle |
| kEACC | 226B40 |
| kFanqie | 古牙 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8846.3 |
| kGB0 | 8353 |
| kGB1 | 8353 |
| kHangul | 가:1N |
| kHanYu | 52960.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52960.050:jiā |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1309.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52960.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0881.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7355 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D6D2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6377 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-63CE |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-572B |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3775 |
| kJapanese | カ ケ あしぶえ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4901 |
| kJapaneseKun | ASHIBUE |
| kJapaneseOn | KA |
| kJis0 | 6787 |
| kKangXi | 0881.110 |
| kKorean | KA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4579 |
| kMandarin | jiā |
| kMatthews | 586 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019427 |
| kMorohashi | 25950 |
| kPhonetic | 532 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5962+118.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.5 |
| kSBGY | 166.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 499.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiā粵gaa1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4579 |
| kTang | *ga |
| kTGHZ2013 | 160.180:jiā |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 271:135 |
| kXHC1983 | 0541.100:jiā |