U+7EB9 "纹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
纹
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
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 |