U+81E4 "臤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
臤
U+81E4 "臤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 131 for "minister" or "subject," though its structure combines components related to firmness and the hand. It is historically used in classical Chinese texts, where it primarily conveys meanings associated with strength, steadfastness, or a hardened quality, often appearing as a variant or component in other characters. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it remains recognized in scholarly contexts for its role in ancient literature and lexicography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+81E4 |
| 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 | 臤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 臤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x87 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x81E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000081E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u81e4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 227A58 |
| kCangjie | SLE |
| kCantonese | haan1 |
| kCihaiT | 1106.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1450.060 |
| kDefinition | hard; wise |
| kFanqie | 苦寒 苦閑 胡田 去刃 |
| kFenn | 643P |
| kFennIndex | 58.10 |
| kGB5 | 6366 |
| kGSR | 0368a |
| kHanYu | 42802.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42802.010:qiān,xián,qìn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1450.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42802.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0999.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-5F62 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-99AB |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7557 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5639 |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-276C |
| kJapanese | カン ケン コウ キョウ ゲン |
| kJIS0213 | 2,85,55 |
| kJapaneseKun | KATAI |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN KEN KOU KYOU GEN |
| kJis1 | 5465 |
| kKangXi | 0999.160 |
| kKarlgren | 369 |
| kMandarin | qiān |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021288 |
| kMorohashi | 30070 |
| kNelson | 3838 |
| kPhonetic | 619 1128 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18445+29.2.7 C+18445+131.7.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 131.2 |
| kSBGY | 123.28 129.30 133.38 393.23 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "臤" U+81E4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "𰀡" U+30021 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "臤" U+81E4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |