U+7B8D "箍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

箍

U+7B8D "箍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "hoop," "ring," or "band," often used to describe a circular binding or fastening device, such as a metal band around a barrel or a tight encircling strap. In a broader sense, it can also function as a verb meaning "to bind" or "to encircle," and it appears in common compounds like "箍桶" (to hoop a barrel) or "金箍棒" (the magical golden cudgel from the Chinese classic Journey to the West). This character is composed of the radical "竹" (bamboo), indicating its historical association with woven bamboo bindings, and the phonetic component "箍" to convey its pronunciation. It is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, ensuring consistent representation across East Asian writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7B8D
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	箍
HTML Hex Encoding	箍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xAE 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7B8D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007B8D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7b8d

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

kBigFive	E354
kCCCII	226C3A
kCNS1986	2-4C5B
kCNS1992	2-4C5B
kCangjie	HQSB
kCantonese	ku1
kCihaiT	1015.202
kCowles	805 2005.5
kDaeJaweon	1315.100
kDefinition	hoop; bind, surround
kEACC	226C3A
kFanqie	古胡
kFenn	557F
kFennIndex	259.05
kFourCornerCode	8851.2
kGB0	2531
kGB1	2531
kHangul	고:1N
kHanYu	52978.060
kHanyuPinyin	52978.060:gū
kIICore	AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1315.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	52978.060
kIRGKangXi	0887.120
kIRG_GSource	G0-393F
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E354
kIRG_JSource	J0-6432
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-644A
kIRG_KSource	K1-5878
kIRG_TSource	T2-4C5B
kJapanese	コクたが
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5745
kJapaneseKun	TAGA
kJapaneseOn	KO
kJis0	6818
kKangXi	0887.120
kKorean	KO
kLau	1745 1746
kMainlandTelegraph	4611
kMandarin	gū
kMatthews	3474
kMeyerWempe	542 1270
kMojiJoho	MJ019515
kMorohashi	26130
kNelson	3409
kPhonetic	37*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5987+118.6.8
kRSUnicode	118.8
kSBGY	082.26
kSemanticVariant	U+7B9B<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index	502.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	gū粵ku1
kTaiwanTelegraph	4611
kTGHZ2013	117.140:gū
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	271:136
kXHC1983	0394.040:gū