U+803E "耾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+803E "耾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and ancient Chinese character that primarily means "the sound of thunder" or refers to a loud, rumbling noise. It is composed of the radical 耳 (ear) on the left and the phonetic component 大 (big) on the right, suggesting an auditory sensation of great magnitude. Historically, it appears in classical Chinese texts and lexicons like the Shuowen Jiezi, but it is not commonly used in modern writing, making it a specialized character for linguistic or scholarly contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+803E
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 耾
HTML Hex Encoding 耾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x80 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x803E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000803E
C/C++/Java Escape \u803e

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 D367
kCCCII 227664
kCNS1986 2-322B
kCNS1992 2-322B
kCangjie SJKI
kCantonese wang4
kCihaiT 1082.301
kDaeJaweon 1414.150
kDefinition deafness
kFanqie 戶萌
kFourCornerCode 1413.2
kGB3 6439
kHanYu 42784.140
kHanyuPinyin 42784.140:hóng
kIRGDaeJaweon 1414.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42784.140
kIRGKangXi 0966.130
kIRG_GSource G3-6047
kIRG_HSource HB2-D367
kIRG_JSource J1-5561
kIRG_KPSource KP1-6A0C
kIRG_KSource K2-545B
kIRG_TSource T2-322B
kJapanese コウ オウ
kJapaneseKun SASAYAKU
kJapaneseOn KOU OU
kJis1 5365
kKangXi 0966.130
kMandarin hóng
kMojiJoho MJ020826
kMorohashi 29025
kNelson 3701
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22251+128.6.4
kRSUnicode 128.4
kSBGY 188.28
kTotalStrokes 10
kUnihanCore2020 HMT