U+7E61 "繡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

繡

U+7E61 "繡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to embroider" or "embroidery," and it is composed of the radical for silk (糸) on the left, which often relates to threads or textiles, combined with a phonetic component on the right. This character is used in both Chinese and Japanese scripts, where it appears in classical texts, art, and modern contexts such as discussing needlework or decorative stitching. In Japanese, it is read as "shuu" in on'yomi and often refers to the decorative art of embroidery, while in Chinese, it retains the meaning of silk embroidery and can also appear in compounds like 繡花 (xiùhuā) meaning "embroidered flower." Historically, the character reflects the cultural importance of intricate textile work in East Asian traditions, often associated with elegance and craftsmanship in garments or ceremonial items.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7E61
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	繡
HTML Hex Encoding	繡
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xB9 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7E61
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007E61
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7e61

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	C2B8
kCCCII	215172
kCNS1986	1-7724
kCNS1992	1-7724
kCangjie	VFLX
kCantonese	sau3
kCihaiT	1060.202
kCowles	3612
kDaeJaweon	1378.160
kDefinition	embroider; embroidery; ornament
kEACC	215172
kFanqie	息救
kFenn	164aD
kFennIndex	188.03
kFourCornerCode	2592.7
kGradeLevel	5
kGSR	1028e
kHangul	수:0N
kHanYu	53462.060
kHanyuPinlu	xiù(22)
kHanyuPinyin	53462.060:xiù
kHKGlyph	3157
kIICore	ATHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1378.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53462.060
kIRGKangXi	0939.180
kIRG_GSource	GE-4760
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C2B8
kIRG_JSource	J13-7A36
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E3FE
kIRG_KSource	K0-6239
kIRG_TSource	T1-7724
kJapanese	シュウショウシュぬいとり
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	1,90,22
kJapaneseKun	NUITORI
kJapaneseOn	SHUU
kJis1	5255
kKangXi	0939.180
kKorean	SWU
kLau	2688
kMandarin	xiù
kMatthews	2805
kMeyerWempe	2562
kMojiJoho	MJ020415
kMorohashi	27913
kPhonetic	1261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7697+120.6.13
kRSUnicode	120.12
kSBGY	436.25
kSemanticVariant	U+7D89<kHKGlyph,kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant	"绣" U+7EE3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "𰬩" U+30B29 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	532.07 532.08
kSMSZD2003Readings	xiù粵sau3
kTaiwanTelegraph	4937
kTang	*siòu
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kXerox	251:363
kXHC1983	1298.111:xiù