U+7EF8 "绸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7EF8 "绸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of silk fabric, often translated as "silk" or "silk cloth" in English, and is commonly used in compounds like "丝绸" meaning silk generally or "绸缎" denoting silks and satins. This character combines the radical for silk (纟) on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its semantic link to textile materials. In modern Chinese, it can also appear in words such as "绸缪" which describes being emotionally entwined or making preparations, though its core usage remains tied to the context of fine woven textiles.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7EF8
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	绸
HTML Hex Encoding	绸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xBB 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7EF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007EF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7ef8

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	27514D
kCangjie	VMBGR
kCantonese	cau4
kDefinition	silk cloth, satin damask
kEACC	27514D
kFourCornerCode	2712
kGB0	1981
kHanYu	53418.010
kHanyuPinlu	chóu(24)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53418.010
kIRGKangXi	0944.251
kIRG_GSource	G0-3371
kTGH	2013:2495
kKangXi	0944.251
kMainlandTelegraph	4846
kMandarin	chóu
kPhonetic	80*
kRSUnicode	120'.8
kTGHZ2013	048.090:chóu
kTotalStrokes	11
kTraditionalVariant	"綢" U+7DA2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0153.060:chóu