U+821C "舜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
舜
U+821C "舜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to the legendary Emperor Shun, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient Chinese mythology, renowned for his filial piety, moral virtue, and wise governance. In modern usage, this character also appears in names, historical texts, and compounds such as "尧舜" (Yao and Shun) to symbolize an idealized golden age of benevolent leadership. Additionally, it can denote a type of plant, specifically the hibiscus or a similar flower, in classical literary contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+821C |
| 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 | 舜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 舜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x88 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x821C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000821C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u821c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5CF |
| kCCCII | 21543C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6155 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6155 |
| kCangjie | BBNQ |
| kCantonese | seon3 |
| kCihaiT | 1116.502 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1465.130 |
| kDefinition | legendary ruler, last of the Five Emperors |
| kEACC | 21543C |
| kFanqie | 舒閏 |
| kFenn | 274E |
| kFennIndex | 469.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2025.2 |
| kGB0 | 4320 |
| kGB1 | 4320 |
| kGSR | 0469a |
| kHangul | 순:0N |
| kHanYu | 32035.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32035.020:shùn |
| kHKGlyph | 3382 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1465.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32035.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1008.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B34 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5CF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3D58 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E4D6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-626F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6155 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6448 |
| kJapanese | シュン |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5225 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIRUGAO MUKUGE SATOI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHUN |
| kJis0 | 2956 |
| kKangXi | 1008.100 |
| kKorean | SWUN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5293 |
| kMandarin | shùn |
| kMatthews | 5936 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2792a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021371 MJ021371:E0102 MJ021370:E0103 MJ021369:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 30339:E0103 |
| kPhonetic | 275 1273 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2402+136.7.6 V+13459+136.7.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 136.6 |
| kSBGY | 395.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 567.17 407.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shùn粵seon3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5293 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 345.050:shùn |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thuấn |
| kXerox | 255:074 |
| kXHC1983 | 1081.030:shùn |