U+7E4D "繍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
繍
U+7E4D "繍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning embroidery or brocade, with its structure composed of the silk radical on the left and the phonetic component 秀 (meaning elegant or beautiful) on the right. This character is a variant form of the more common 繡 (xiù), which also refers to embroidered silk or ornate decoration in textiles. In modern usage, it appears in East Asian languages such as Japanese, where it retains its historical association with detailed needlework and metaphorical connotations of embellishment or refinement. The character is encoded under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, supporting a shared heritage of written Chinese across different regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7E4D |
| 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 | 繍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 繍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xB9 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7E4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007E4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7e4d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2D5172 |
| kCNS1986 | E-557A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-557A |
| kCangjie | XVFLL |
| kCantonese | sau3 |
| kDefinition | embroider; embroidery; ornament |
| kFourCornerCode | 2592.7 |
| kHanYu | 53449.041 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53449.041 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0938.141 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-475B |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3D2B |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5332 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-557A |
| kJapanese | シュウ ショウ シュ ぬいとり |
| kJapaneseKun | NUITORI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHUU |
| kJis0 | 2911 |
| kKangXi | 0938.141 |
| kKorean | SWU |
| kMandarin | xiù |
| kMojiJoho | MJ020393 |
| kMorohashi | H487 |
| kNelson | 3616 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2357+120.6.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 120.11 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |