U+82AF "芯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
芯
U+82AF "芯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the core, pith, or central part of an object, such as the inside of a plant stem, the wick of a candle, or the lead of a pencil. Beyond its literal meaning, it is often used metaphorically to refer to the essential or innermost aspect of something, including concepts like a computer chip or the heart of a matter. In modern usage, it appears in words like 芯片 (xīnpiàn) for microchip and 灯芯 (dēngxīn) for lamp wick, highlighting its role in both everyday and technical contexts within the written Chinese language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+82AF |
| 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 | 芯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 芯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8A 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x82AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000082AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u82af |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAE4 |
| kCCCII | 227C31 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F47 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F47 |
| kCangjie | TP |
| kCantonese | sam1 |
| kCihaiT | 1128.406 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1478.030 |
| kDefinition | pith from rush (Juncus effusus) |
| kEACC | 227C31 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4433.0 |
| kGB0 | 4830 |
| kGB1 | 4830 |
| kHangul | 심:0N |
| kHanYu | 53185.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xīn(14) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53185.010:xīn,xìn |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1478.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53185.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1020.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-503E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAE4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F44 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5E9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6425 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F47 |
| kJapanese | シン |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:673 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOSOI TOUSHINGU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 3136 |
| kKangXi | 1020.170 |
| kKorean | SIM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5361 |
| kMandarin | xīn |
| kMatthews | 2736 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021587 MJ021587:E0101 MJ021588:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30732:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3905 |
| kPhonetic | 1118 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2570+61.4.3 C+2570+140.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 572.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xīn粵sam1 xì粵seon3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5361 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 407.020:xīn 407.180:xìn |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 277:060 |
| kXHC1983 | 1281.010:xīn 1284.100:xìn |