U+7C23 "簣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
簣
U+7C23 "簣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "basket" or "hamper," specifically referring to a round bamboo basket used for carrying soil or earth in ancient times. It appears in classical texts such as the *Analects of Confucius*, where it is used in the idiom "功虧一簣," meaning to fail in completing a task because one lacked the last basket of earth, underscoring the character's role in conveying the idea of near completion or a slight deficiency.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7C23 |
| 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 | 簣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 簣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xB0 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7C23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007C23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7c23 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2B1 |
| kCCCII | 215046 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-767B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-767B |
| kCangjie | HLMC |
| kCantonese | gwai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1021.501 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1325.100 |
| kDefinition | a bamboo basket for carrying earth |
| kEACC | 215046 |
| kFanqie | 求位 苦怪 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8880.6 |
| kGB1 | 8381 |
| kGSR | 0540j |
| kHanYu | 53015.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53015.090:kuì |
| kHKGlyph | 3017 |
| kIICore | ATJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1325.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53015.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0899.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-7371 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2B1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-644F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6516 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5072 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-767B |
| kJapanese | キ カイ ギ ケ あじか |
| kJapaneseKun | AJIKA |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 6847 |
| kKangXi | 0899.190 |
| kKarlgren | 456 |
| kMandarin | kuì |
| kMatthews | 3664 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1377c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019690 |
| kMorohashi | 26524 |
| kPhonetic | 716 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6016+118.6.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.12 |
| kSBGY | 351.42 385.50 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8562<kMeyerWempe U+7C44<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "篑" U+7BD1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 507.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kuì粵gwai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4676 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 273:256 |