U+7CA4 "粤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
粤
U+7CA4 "粤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that serves as an abbreviation for Guangdong province and the broader Yue linguistic and cultural region in southern China, including Guangxi and Hong Kong. It is commonly seen in terms like 粤语 (Cantonese language) and 粤菜 (Cantonese cuisine), and it carries historical significance as the name of the ancient Yue tribes. Structurally, it combines the radical for "millet" or "grain" with a phonetic component, and in modern usage, it appears prominently on vehicle registration plates and in official abbreviations for Guangdong. This character embodies a distinct regional identity tied to the Pearl River Delta and its diaspora.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7CA4 |
| 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 | 粤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 粤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xB2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7CA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007CA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7ca4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-3E23 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3E23 |
| kCangjie | XHWMV |
| kCantonese | jyut6 |
| kCihaiT | 1026.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1334.250 |
| kDefinition | Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle |
| kEACC | 21505C |
| kFanqie | 王伐 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2620.7 |
| kGB0 | 5233 |
| kGB1 | 5233 |
| kHangul | 월:1N |
| kHanYu | 53147.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53147.080:yuè |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1334.250 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53147.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0908.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5441 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6465 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-65CC |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6958 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3E23 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8E60 |
| kJapanese | エツ オチ ここに |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2700 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOKONI |
| kJapaneseOn | ETSU OCHI |
| kJis0 | 6869 |
| kKangXi | 0908.330 |
| kKorean | WEL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4727 |
| kMandarin | yuè |
| kMatthews | 7704 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019849 MJ019849:E0101 MJ058289:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 26935 26935:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0237 |
| kPhonetic | 1635 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6038+119.6.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 119.6 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7CB5<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 511.06 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4727 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 453.140:yuè |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "粵" U+7CB5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 1429.010:yuè |