U+7FB9 "羹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

羹

U+7FB9 "羹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that typically refers to a thick soup or broth, often made by boiling meat, vegetables, or grains, and is a common culinary term in East Asian cuisine. Beyond its literal meaning, the character carries cultural weight, appearing in classical texts and idioms, such as the phrase "画蛇添足" with "羹" sometimes used metaphorically to denote a messy or overdone mixture. In modern usage, it appears frequently in Chinese menus for dishes like "鸡蛋羹" (steamed egg custard) or "羊肉羹" (lamb soup), highlighting its role in both traditional and everyday food contexts. The character is composed of a phonetic and semantic component, with the radical "羔" (lamb) suggesting its original association with animal-based broths, though it now encompasses a wider range of stewed or thickened liquids.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7FB9
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	羹
HTML Hex Encoding	羹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xBE 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7FB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007FB9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7fb9

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

kBigFive	C3BC
kCCCII	215247
kCNS1986	1-7867
kCNS1992	1-7867
kCangjie	TGFTK
kCantonese	gang1
kCihaiT	1073.106
kCowles	1551
kDaeJaweon	1399.190
kDefinition	soup, broth
kEACC	215247
kFanqie	古行
kFenn	154F
kFennIndex	248.04
kFourCornerCode	8053.0
kGB0	2494
kGB1	2494
kGSR	0747a
kHangul	갱:0N
kHanYu	53139.130
kHanyuPinyin	53139.130:gēng,láng
kHKGlyph	3206
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1399.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53139.130
kIRGKangXi	0954.250
kIRG_GSource	G0-387E
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C3BC
kIRG_JSource	J0-663D
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D3B5
kIRG_KSource	K0-4B58
kIRG_TSource	T1-7867
kJapanese	カンコウロウキョウあつもの
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3469
kJapaneseKun	ATSUMONO
kJapaneseOn	KOU KAN
kJis0	7029
kKangXi	0954.250
kKarlgren	309
kKorean	KAYNG
kLau	852
kMainlandTelegraph	5036
kMandarin	gēng
kMatthews	3342
kMeyerWempe	1045
kMojiJoho	MJ020649
kMorohashi	28584
kNelson	3672
kPhonetic	640 1530
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6186+123.6.13
kRSUnicode	123.13
kSBGY	184.07
kSemanticVariant	U+7FAE<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	539.12
kSMSZD2003Readings	gēng粵gang1
kTaiwanTelegraph	5036
kTang	gæng
kTGHZ2013	113.020:gēng
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	270:157
kXHC1983	0377.090:gēng