U+7F61 "罡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
罡
U+7F61 "罡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character primarily used to denote the name of the Big Dipper's seventh star or a constellation in Taoist cosmology, where it appears in terms like “天罡” (tiāngāng) referring to a powerful celestial spirit or a form of cosmic energy. In Chinese culture and language, it also carries meanings related to a lofty mountain peak or a sense of upright and strong character, often appearing in martial arts fiction and Daoist mystical contexts. This character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard, reflecting its roots in historical Chinese writing systems and its continued but specialized use in modern texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7F61 |
| 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 | 罡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 罡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xBD 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7F61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007F61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7f61 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D35C |
| kCCCII | 22743F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-317E |
| kCNS1992 | 2-317E |
| kCangjie | WLMYM |
| kCantonese | gong1 |
| kCihaiT | 1065.103 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1388.200 |
| kDefinition | the stars making up the handle of the Big Dipper (Alkaid, Mizar, and Alioth) |
| kEACC | 22743F |
| kFanqie | 古郎 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6010.1 |
| kGB0 | 7824 |
| kGB1 | 7824 |
| kHangul | 강:1N |
| kHanYu | 42915.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42915.080:gāng |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1388.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42915.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0947.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6E38 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D35C |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-746C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6897 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5762 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-317E |
| kJapanese | コウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4522 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,84,76 |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis1 | 5289 |
| kKangXi | 0947.280 |
| kKorean | KANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4993 |
| kMandarin | gāng |
| kMatthews | 3266 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1243d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ020546 |
| kMorohashi | 28250 |
| kPhonetic | 201 656 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15001+122.5.5 V+15400+122.5.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 122.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 535.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gāng粵gong1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4993 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 108.020:gāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 277:047 |
| kXHC1983 | 0360.020:gāng |