U+7BE5 "篥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

篥

U+7BE5 "篥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) used in both traditional and simplified forms, primarily representing a type of ancient bamboo pipe or reed instrument, often associated with the "bili," a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe that was historically played in Chinese court and folk music. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered as a component in the word "筚篥" (bìlì), referring to this specific instrument, and its structure combines the bamboo radical (⺮) with the phonetic component "栗" (lì). The character is classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, with a standard four-corner encoding and a unicode radical index of 118, reflecting its roots in ancient Chinese musical culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7BE5
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	篥
HTML Hex Encoding	篥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xAF 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7BE5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007BE5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7be5

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	EABC
kCCCII	226D24
kCNS1986	2-5928
kCNS1992	2-5928
kCangjie	HMWD
kCantonese	leot6
kCihaiT	1019.604
kDaeJaweon	1322.020
kDefinition	bugle; Tatar horn
kEACC	226D24
kFanqie	力質
kFourCornerCode	8890.4
kGB0	8386
kGB1	8386
kHanYu	52999.140
kHanyuPinyin	52999.140:lì
kIICore	CJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1322.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	52999.140
kIRGKangXi	0894.370
kIRG_GSource	G0-7376
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EABC
kIRG_JSource	J0-6445
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-64B7
kIRG_KSource	K2-5052
kIRG_TSource	T2-5928
kIRG_VSource	V1-622D
kJapanese	リツリチリキ
kTGH	2013:6125
kJapaneseOn	RITSU RICHI
kJis0	6837
kKangXi	0894.370
kKorean	LYUL
kMainlandTelegraph	9018
kMandarin	lì
kMatthews	3929
kMojiJoho	MJ019621
kMorohashi	26352
kNelson	3429
kPhonetic	859
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6006+118.6.10
kRSUnicode	118.10
kSBGY	469.58
kSMSZD2003Index	505.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	lì粵leot6
kTaiwanTelegraph	8943
kTGHZ2013	218.220:lì
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kVietnamese	sặt
kXerox	305:175
kXHC1983	0697.100:lì