U+82DF "苟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
苟
U+82DF "苟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily carries the meaning of "if" or "supposing" in classical and modern contexts, though it can also denote "careless" or "improper" when used in compounds like "苟且" (careless or perfunctory). Originating as a pictophonetic compound, its radical is the grass radical (艹), suggesting a plant-related etymology, while its phonetic component contributes to its pronunciation. This character appears in classical texts, such as in Confucian philosophy, where it often expresses conditional reasoning or ethical warnings against sloppiness, and it remains in use today in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+82DF |
| 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 | 苟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 苟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8B 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x82DF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000082DF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u82df |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AD65 |
| kCCCII | 215471 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5348 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5348 |
| kCangjie | TPR |
| kCantonese | gau2 |
| kCihaiT | 1129.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1482.050 |
| kDefinition | careless, frivolous; illicit; grammatical particle: if, but, if only; surname; grass name |
| kEACC | 215471 |
| kFanqie | 古厚 紀力 |
| kFenn | 227G |
| kFennIndex | 255.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4462.7 |
| kGB0 | 2522 |
| kGB1 | 2522 |
| kGSR | 0108h |
| kHangul | 구:0E |
| kHanYu | 53194.120 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53194.120:gǒu,gōu |
| kHKGlyph | 3435 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1482.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53194.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1023.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3936 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AD65 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6771 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1AA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4F42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5348 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F3C |
| kJapanese | コウ ク いやしくも かりそめ |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1007 |
| kJapaneseKun | IYASHIKUMO |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU KU |
| kJis0 | 7181 |
| kKangXi | 1023.050 |
| kKarlgren | 484 |
| kKorean | KWU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5384 |
| kMandarin | gǒu |
| kMatthews | 3416 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021663 MJ021663:E0101 MJ021664:E0102 MJ021665:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 30790:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3918 |
| kPhonetic | 673 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6332+140.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.5 |
| kSBGY | 326.16 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+830D<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 575.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gǒu粵gau2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5384 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 115.120:gǒu |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 261:261 |
| kXHC1983 | 0390.040:gǒu |