U+7EB9 "纹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+7EB9 "纹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a rich history, commonly used in modern Mandarin to mean "pattern," "line," or "grain," such as the natural markings on wood, stone, or fabric. Its composition combines the radical for silk (纟), hinting at its original association with intricate textile designs, and the phonetic component 文, which also carries meanings of culture and writing. This character appears in words like "纹身" (tattoo, literally "body pattern") and "纹理" (texture), reflecting its role in describing both physical textures and decorative motifs across various contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+7EB9
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 纹
HTML Hex Encoding 纹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xBA 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x7EB9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00007EB9
C/C++/Java Escape \u7eb9

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

kCCCII 275077
kCangjie VMYK
kCantonese man4
kDefinition line, streak, stripe; wrinkle
kEACC 275077
kFourCornerCode 2014
kGB0 4638
kHanYu 53376.050
kHanyuPinlu wén(47)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53376.050
kIRGKangXi 0944.251
kIRG_GSource G0-4E46
kTGH 2013:939
kKangXi 0944.251
kMainlandTelegraph 4773
kMandarin wén
kRSUnicode 120'.4
kTGHZ2013 385.110:wén
kTotalStrokes 7
kTraditionalVariant "紋" U+7D0B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1206.040:wén 1208.021:wèn