U+81BB "膻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
膻
U+81BB "膻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in traditional and simplified writing, where it primarily denotes a strong, unpleasant smell, particularly the rank odor of sheep or goats, and by extension any gamey or foul scent. This character belongs to the Kangxi radical for "meat" or "flesh" (月), reflecting its connection to bodily or animal odors, and it appears in classical and modern texts to describe both literal smells and metaphorical unpleasantness. In addition to its olfactory meaning, it can also refer to the specific brisket or flank region of an animal's body, though this usage is less common.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+81BB |
| 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 | 膻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 膻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x86 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x81BB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000081BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u81bb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EDE8 |
| kCCCII | 227A37 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5E55 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5E55 |
| kCangjie | BYWM |
| kCantonese | zin1 |
| kCihaiT | 1104.403 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1446.310 |
| kDefinition | a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest |
| kEACC | 227A37 |
| kFanqie | 徒旱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7021.6 |
| kGB0 | 7594 |
| kGB1 | 7594 |
| kGSR | 0148r |
| kHanYu | 32117.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32117.090:dàn,shān |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1446.310 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32117.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0995.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6B7E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EDE8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7A54 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6BE9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5627 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5E55 |
| kJapanese | タン ダン セン |
| kTGH | 2013:6273 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,90,52 |
| kJapaneseKun | KIMO |
| kJapaneseOn | TAN |
| kJis1 | 5452 |
| kKangXi | 0995.190 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5238 |
| kMandarin | shān |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021241 |
| kMorohashi | 29929 |
| kPhonetic | 1298 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17057+130.4.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 130.13 |
| kSBGY | 284.24 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 561.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shān粵zin1 dàn粵taan2 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+7FB6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5238 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 066.050:dàn 324.120:shān |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 313:163 |
| kXHC1983 | 0995.010:shān |