U+7F38 "缸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
缸
U+7F38 "缸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes a large container or vat, typically made of clay or pottery, used for storing water, grains, or other household items. In modern usage, it often appears in words like “水缸” meaning water vat, and “鱼缸” meaning fish tank, reflecting its association with open topped vessels for liquid or aquatic life. The character is composed of the radical 缶 (fou), which represents earthenware, and the phonetic component 工 (gong), contributing to its pronunciation as gang in Mandarin. This character has been in use since ancient Chinese, and it is a standard component in written texts spanning classical literature to contemporary everyday signage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7F38 |
| 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 | 缸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 缸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xBC 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7F38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007F38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7f38 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ACFB |
| kCCCII | 215226 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-527E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-527E |
| kCangjie | OUM |
| kCantonese | gong1 |
| kCihaiT | 1063.503 |
| kCowles | 1770 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1385.060 |
| kDefinition | earthenware jug, crock; cistern |
| kEACC | 215226 |
| kFanqie | 下江 古郎 |
| kFenn | 8B |
| kFennIndex | 242.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8171.0 |
| kGB0 | 2455 |
| kGB1 | 2455 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 항:0N |
| kHanYu | 52935.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gāng(38) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52935.050:gāng |
| kHKGlyph | 3174 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1385.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52935.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0944.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3857 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ACFB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-657D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F2FC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-797C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-527E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6338 |
| kJapanese | コウ ゴウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1537 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAME MOTAI |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 6993 |
| kKangXi | 0944.280 |
| kKarlgren | 469 |
| kKorean | HANG |
| kLau | 963 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4971 |
| kMandarin | gāng |
| kMatthews | 3264 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1237 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ020500 |
| kMorohashi | 28112 |
| kPhonetic | 684 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6156+48.3.6 C+6156+121.6.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 121.3 |
| kSBGY | 039.36 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5808<kLau,kMatthews U+7F41<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 534.04 190.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gāng粵gong1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4971 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 108.010:gāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | cong |
| kXerox | 254:130 |
| kXHC1983 | 0359.160:gāng |