U+818F "膏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
膏
U+818F "膏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "fat," "paste," "ointment," or "cream," and it often refers to rich, greasy substances or medicinal salves. In classical texts, it can denote the fatty part of animal meat or metaphorical richness, such as in the term "膏腴" (gāo yú) meaning fertile land. This character is also frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine for plasters and in culinary contexts for creamy or oily foods, and it is a component in words like "牙膏" (yá gāo, toothpaste) and "雪花膏" (xuě huā gāo, vanishing cream).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+818F |
| 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 | 膏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 膏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x86 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x818F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000818F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u818f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BB49 |
| kCCCII | 215367 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6A51 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6A51 |
| kCangjie | YRBB |
| kCantonese | gou1 |
| kCihaiT | 1102.305 |
| kCowles | 1714 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1444.040 |
| kDefinition | grease, fat; paste, ointment |
| kEACC | 215367 |
| kFanqie | 古勞 古到 |
| kFenn | 582B |
| kFennIndex | 244.03 245.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0022.7 |
| kGB0 | 2464 |
| kGB1 | 2464 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 1129i |
| kHangul | 고:0N |
| kHanYu | 32103.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gāo(21) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32103.080:gāo,gào |
| kHKGlyph | 3332 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1444.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32103.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0992.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3860 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BB49 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3951 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFF1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4D47 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6A51 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6431 |
| kJapanese | コウ あぶら こえる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3142 |
| kJapaneseKun | ABURA |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 2549 |
| kKangXi | 0992.010 |
| kKarlgren | 308 |
| kKorean | KO |
| kLau | 938 939 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5221 |
| kMandarin | gāo |
| kMatthews | 3296 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1197 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021191 |
| kMorohashi | 29800 |
| kNelson | 5250 |
| kPhonetic | 637 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2019+130.4.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 130.10 |
| kSBGY | 155.10 417.31 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 559.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gāo粵gou1 gào粵gou3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5221 |
| kTang | gɑu gɑ̀u |
| kTGHZ2013 | 108.160:gāo 109.150:gào |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | cao |
| kXerox | 260:172 |
| kXHC1983 | 0366.010:gāo 0367.160:gào |