U+80BE "肾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
肾
U+80BE "肾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the anatomical organ known as the kidney, which is a vital component of the human urinary system and plays a central role in filtering blood, regulating fluid balance, and maintaining electrolyte levels. In traditional Chinese medicine, this character also carries deep symbolic meaning, as the kidney is considered the foundation of vital energy "qi" and is associated with longevity, reproduction, and overall physical vitality. The character itself is composed of two parts, a left radical for the flesh or body part and a right phonetic component that hints at its pronunciation "shen" in Mandarin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+80BE |
| 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 | 肾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 肾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x82 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x80BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000080BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u80be |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275358 |
| kCangjie | LEB |
| kCantonese | san5 |
| kDefinition | kidneys; testes, gizzard |
| kEACC | 275358 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2722 |
| kGB0 | 4186 |
| kHanYu | 32048.060 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32048.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0977.041 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4976 |
| kTGH | 2013:1073 |
| kKangXi | 0977.041 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5200 |
| kMandarin | shèn |
| kRSUnicode | 130.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 551.06 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 331.160:shèn |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "腎" U+814E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1022.060:shèn |