U+81EF "臯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+81EF "臯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that serves as a variant form of the more common character "皋" and is primarily used in historical or classical texts. It represents a semantic compound meaning "highland" or "marshy shore," often appearing in ancient literature, such as in place names or poetic descriptions of landscapes. In modern usage, this character is less frequently employed for everyday writing but retains significance in studying classical Chinese etymology and calligraphy. Its structure combines the radical for "white" or "bright" with components suggesting elevation, reflecting its original connotation of a raised, open area near water.

General Properties

Code Point	U+81EF
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	臯
HTML Hex Encoding	臯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x87 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x81EF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000081EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u81ef

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	227A60
kCNS1986	E-3E47
kCNS1992	3-3E47
kCangjie	HUIOJ
kCantonese	gou1
kCihaiT	1111.302
kCowles	1721
kDaeJaweon	1456.180
kDefinition	to praise; to bless high; eminent; (Cant.) a marsh, pool
kEACC	227A60
kFanqie	古勞
kHanYu	53048.100
kIRGDaeJaweon	1456.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53048.100
kIRGKangXi	1000.240
kIRG_GSource	GE-487D
kIRG_HSource	H-FEC4
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-021301
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6C35
kIRG_KSource	K2-563C
kIRG_TSource	T3-3E47
kJapanese	コウ
kKangXi	1000.240
kKarlgren	310
kMandarin	gāo
kMatthews	3285
kMeyerWempe	1200c
kMojiJoho	MJ021301
kMorohashi	30119
kPhonetic	146 639
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19720+132.6.6
kRSUnicode	132.6
kSemanticVariant	U+768B<kMatthews U+2690E
kSMSZD2003Index	564.08
kTaiwanTelegraph	5264
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXHC1983	0367.051:gāo