U+7EC0 "绀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+7EC0 "绀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a deep, dark blue or purple color, often associated with the hue of indigo or ink black in traditional East Asian contexts. This character, composed of the radical for silk (纟) on the left and a phonetic component on the right, is used in both modern and classical Chinese writing, appearing in terms such as "绀青" (ganqing) meaning dark blue or "绀紫" (ganzi) referring to a deep purple. Its usage extends to historical texts, art descriptions, and occasional names, embodying a specific shade that has cultural significance in dyeing and literature. The character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, ensuring consistent representation across digital systems for these languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+7EC0
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 绀
HTML Hex Encoding 绀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0xBB 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x7EC0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00007EC0
C/C++/Java Escape \u7ec0

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 287061
kCangjie VMTM
kCantonese gam3
kDefinition dark blue or reddish color
kEACC 287061
kFourCornerCode 2417
kGB0 7104
kHanYu 53378.130
kIICore CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53378.130
kIRGKangXi 0944.251
kIRG_GSource G0-6724
kTGH 2013:4074
kKangXi 0944.251
kMainlandTelegraph 4802
kMandarin gàn
kPhonetic 650*
kRSUnicode 120'.5
kTGHZ2013 107.070:gàn
kTotalStrokes 8
kTraditionalVariant "紺" U+7D3A CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0359.070:gàn