U+81E3 "臣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
臣
U+81E3 "臣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that originally depicted a vertical eye, symbolizing a kneeling subject or minister looking upward in obedience, and it historically signifies a vassal, official, or retainer in service to a ruler. This character is a common component in other ideographs related to servitude or officialdom, and it belongs to the Kangxi radical 131, which is also named "臣." In modern usage, it appears in both Chinese and Japanese scripts, retaining its core meaning of a loyal subject or courtier, and it is frequently encountered in classical texts, historical documents, and compound words like "大臣" (dàchén, meaning "great minister" or "cabinet member").
General Properties
| Code Point | U+81E3 |
| 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 | 臣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 臣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x87 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x81E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000081E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u81e3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6DA |
| kCCCII | 215423 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-485B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-485B |
| kCangjie | SLSL |
| kCantonese | san4 |
| kCihaiT | 1106.202 |
| kCowles | 3836 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1450.040 |
| kDefinition | minister, statesman, official; Kangxi radical 131 |
| kEACC | 215423 |
| kFanqie | 植鄰 |
| kFenn | 642B |
| kFennIndex | 26.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7171.7 |
| kGB0 | 1928 |
| kGB1 | 1928 |
| kGSR | 0377a |
| kHangul | 신:0E |
| kHanYu | 42801.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chén(15) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42801.010:chén |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⾂[U+2F82]:42801.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 3358 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1450.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42801.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0999.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-333C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6DA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F43 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5D4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-636D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-485B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6437 |
| kJapanese | シン ジン おみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:380 |
| kJapaneseKun | OMI KERAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN JIN |
| kJis0 | 3135 |
| kKangXi | 0999.130 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5256 |
| kMandarin | chén |
| kMatthews | 327 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2632 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021287 |
| kMorohashi | 30068 |
| kNelson | 3837 |
| kPhonetic | 1128 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2569+131.7.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 131.0 |
| kSBGY | 102.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 563.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chén粵san4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5256 |
| kTang | *zhin |
| kTGHZ2013 | 041.160:chén |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thần |
| kXerox | 247:164 |
| kXHC1983 | 0132.070:chén |