U+7F18 "缘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
缘
U+7F18 "缘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries the core meaning of "fate," "destiny," "karma," or "affinity," often referring to the predetermined or natural bonds between people, events, or conditions, particularly in a Buddhist or cultural context. It can also denote a "reason" or "cause" in a more general sense, and appears in common compound words like "缘分" (yuánfèn) for "serendipitous connection" or "机缘" (jīyuán) for "opportunity." This character is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it evokes a deep sense of relational interconnectedness and the serendipitous nature of human encounters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7F18 |
| 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 | 缘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 缘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xBC 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7F18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007F18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7f18 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27515A |
| kCangjie | VMVNO |
| kCantonese | jyun4 |
| kDefinition | hem, margin; reason, cause; fate |
| kEACC | 27515A |
| kFourCornerCode | 2713 |
| kGB0 | 5221 |
| kHanYu | 53433.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yuán(77) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53433.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0944.251 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5435 |
| kTGH | 2013:2824 |
| kKangXi | 0944.251 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4878 |
| kMandarin | yuán |
| kPhonetic | 1400* |
| kRSUnicode | 120'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 451.130:yuán |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "緣" U+7DE3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1425.060:yuán |