U+7C56 "籖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
籖
U+7C56 "籖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It represents a type of bamboo slip or lot used for divination, often associated with fortune-telling sticks drawn from a container at temples or shrines. The character is composed of the bamboo radical on top, indicating its material connection to bamboo, and a phonetic component underneath that hints at its pronunciation. In modern usage, it appears in contexts related to oracles, drawing lots, or selecting random items, preserving its ancient role in cultural and religious practices across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7C56 |
| 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 | 籖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 籖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xB1 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7C56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007C56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7c56 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-5E4B |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5E4B |
| kCangjie | HJIM |
| kCantonese | cim1 |
| kDefinition | tally; lot; marker |
| kEACC | 4B5052 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8815.3 |
| kHanYu | 53027.141 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53027.141 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0904.201 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-464F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9F40 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-645F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-656A |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5E4B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6237 |
| kJapanese | セン くじ |
| kJapaneseKun | KUJI KAZUTORI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEN |
| kJis0 | 6863 |
| kKangXi | 0904.201 |
| kMandarin | qian |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019750 |
| kMorohashi | H466 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6032+118.6.15 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 508.11 |
| kTotalStrokes | 21 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJ |
| kVietnamese | tăm |