U+7B9C "箜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
箜
U+7B9C "箜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that refers to a specific type of ancient musical instrument, the konghou, a Chinese harp or angular zither that was historically played in East Asia. This ideograph combines the bamboo radical (⺮) with the phonetic component 空, indicating both its material association with bamboo crafting and its pronunciation. The konghou was particularly popular during the Han and Tang dynasties, often depicted in classical poetry and artwork, and its revival in modern Chinese music highlights its enduring cultural significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7B9C |
| 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 | 箜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 箜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAE 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7B9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007B9C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7b9c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E34F |
| kCCCII | 226C2D |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4C56 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4C56 |
| kCangjie | HJCM |
| kCantonese | hung1 |
| kCihaiT | 1016.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1316.050 |
| kDefinition | ancient string music instrument |
| kEACC | 226C2D |
| kFanqie | 苦紅 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8810.1 |
| kGB0 | 8377 |
| kGB1 | 8377 |
| kHangul | 공:1N |
| kHanYu | 52987.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52987.010:kōng |
| kIICore | CJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1316.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52987.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0888.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-736D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E34F |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6433 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-644D |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5945 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4C56 |
| kJapanese | ク コウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5751 |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU KU |
| kJis0 | 6819 |
| kKangXi | 0888.090 |
| kKarlgren | 476 |
| kKorean | KONG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4625 |
| kMandarin | kōng |
| kMatthews | 3727 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019536 MJ019536:E0101 MJ019537:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 26151 26151:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 525 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5988+118.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.8 |
| kSBGY | 027.26 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 502.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kōng粵hung1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4625 |
| kTang | kung |
| kTGHZ2013 | 198.020:kōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 300:154 |
| kXHC1983 | 0648.030:kōng |