U+7C2B "簫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
簫
U+7C2B "簫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a vertical bamboo flute, specifically a type of ancient Chinese woodwind instrument known as the xiao, which is typically played held vertically and has a mellow, haunting tone. This ideograph is composed of the bamboo radical at the top, signifying its material, and a phonetic component below that hints at its pronunciation. In classical Chinese literature, the xiao is often associated with elegance, solitude, and scholarly refinement, frequently appearing in poetry and art as a symbol of elevated taste and emotional expression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7C2B |
| 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 | 簫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 簫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xB0 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7C2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007C2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7c2b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2AD |
| kCCCII | 215042 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7677 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7677 |
| kCangjie | HLX |
| kCantonese | siu1 |
| kCihaiT | 1021.603 |
| kCowles | 3671 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1326.160 |
| kDefinition | musical instrument like pan-pipes, bamboo flute |
| kEACC | 215042 |
| kFanqie | 蘇彫 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8822.7 |
| kGB1 | 8379 |
| kGSR | 1028h |
| kHangul | 소:0N |
| kHanYu | 53023.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiāo(11) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53023.100:xiāo,xiǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 3018 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1326.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53023.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0900.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-736F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2AD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6454 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3B4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6147 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7677 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6233 |
| kJapanese | ショウ ふえ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUE |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 6852 |
| kKangXi | 0900.320 |
| kKorean | SO |
| kLau | 2853 |
| kMandarin | xiāo |
| kMatthews | 2619 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2826 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019702 |
| kMorohashi | 26560 |
| kPhonetic | 1261 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6021+118.6.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.12 |
| kSBGY | 144.01 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+71D2<kLau U+7BBE<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "箫" U+7BAB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 507.14 508.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiāo粵siu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4682 |
| kTang | *seu |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tiêu |
| kXerox | 263:052 |
| kXHC1983 | 1265.061:xiāo |