U+7BB4 "箴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
箴
U+7BB4 "箴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "admonish," "warn," or "counsel," and is also associated with the concept of a needle or a type of ancient literary genre called a "zhen" used for moral exhortation or self-reflection. It is composed of the bamboo radical at the top, suggesting a connection to writing or crafting, and the phonetic component "咸" below, which contributes to its pronunciation. Historically, this character was used in texts to represent pointed advice or maxims inscribed on bamboo slips, embodying a blend of practical tool and ethical guidance in classical Chinese culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7BB4 |
| 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 | 箴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 箴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAE 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7BB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007BB4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7bb4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BD65 |
| kCCCII | 215032 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E30 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E30 |
| kCangjie | HIHR |
| kCantonese | zam1 |
| kCihaiT | 1017.601 |
| kCowles | 124 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1318.060 |
| kDefinition | needle, probe; warn, admonish |
| kEACC | 215032 |
| kFanqie | 職深 |
| kFenn | 344E |
| kFennIndex | 24.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8825.3 |
| kGB0 | 8380 |
| kGB1 | 8380 |
| kGSR | 0671n |
| kHangul | 잠:0N |
| kHanYu | 52990.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52990.030:zhēn,jiǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 3001 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1318.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52990.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0890.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7370 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BD65 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-643E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E6D9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6D57 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E30 |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-4025 |
| kJapanese | シン カン いましめる はり |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5955 |
| kJapaneseKun | HARI IMASHIMERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 6830 |
| kKangXi | 0890.210 |
| kKarlgren | 148 |
| kKorean | CAM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4631 |
| kMandarin | zhēn |
| kMatthews | 310 |
| kMeyerWempe | 136 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019563 |
| kMorohashi | 26214 |
| kNelson | 3421 |
| kPhonetic | 419 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5999+118.6.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.9 |
| kSBGY | 217.33 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+91DD<kMeyerWempe U+937C<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 504.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhēn粵zam1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4631 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 471.190:zhēn |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | chăm châm dăm giăm giằm |
| kXerox | 270:063 |
| kXHC1983 | 1467.070:zhēn |