U+7CF8 "糸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7CF8 "糸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "thread" or "silk," originating from ancient pictographs depicting a twisted strand of fibers. It serves as a common radical in many East Asian characters, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it often appears as the left-hand component in words related to textiles, weaving, or fine linear structures. In modern usage, it retains its literal meaning of thread or silk, but also appears in abstract contexts such as discussing continuity or fine details. The character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode to ensure consistent representation across digital platforms for languages that use Chinese-derived scripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7CF8
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	糸
HTML Hex Encoding	糸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xB3 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7CF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007CF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7cf8

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	A6CD
kCCCII	21506D
kCNS1986	1-484E
kCNS1992	1-484E
kCangjie	VIF
kCantonese	mik6
kCihaiT	1028.602
kCowles	3764
kDaeJaweon	1341.360
kDefinition	silk; Kangxi radical 120
kEACC	4B513B
kFanqie	莫狄
kFenn	886K
kFennIndex	339.07
kFourCornerCode	2290.3
kGB0	8473
kGB1	8473
kHangul	멱:1 사:N
kHanYu	53361.010
kHanyuPinyin	53361.010:mì,sī
kHDZRadBreak	⽷[U+2F77]:53361.010
kIICore	ATJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1341.360
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53361.010
kIRGKangXi	0915.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-7469
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A6CD
kIRG_JSource	J0-3B65
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6649
kIRG_KSource	K1-6040
kIRG_TSource	T1-484E
kJapanese	シ ベキ ミャク いと
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	ITO
kJapaneseOn	SHI BEKI
kJis0	2769
kKangXi	0915.010
kKorean	SA
kMainlandTelegraph	4761
kMandarin	mì
kMatthews	5570
kMeyerWempe	2904a
kMojiJoho	MJ019947
kMorohashi	27221
kNelson	3492
kPhonetic	614 1170
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2227+120.6.0
kRSUnicode	120.0
kSBGY	523.22
kSemanticVariant	U+7CF9<kMatthews
kTaiwanTelegraph	4761
kTotalStrokes	6
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	324:076