U+83B9 "莹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
莹
U+83B9 "莹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (simplified Chinese: 莹, traditional Chinese: 瑩) that primarily means "lustrous" or "sparkling," often describing the clear, glossy quality of jade or gemstones, and by extension, clarity or brightness. It is composed of a radical related to jade or gem (王/玉) combined with a phonetic component, and is commonly used in modern Chinese vocabulary such as in the word "晶莹" (jīngyíng), meaning "crystal clear" or "glittering." This character also appears in personal names and poetic contexts to convey elegance or luminous purity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83B9 |
| 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 | 莹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 莹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8E 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83b9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 227E26 |
| kCangjie | TBMG |
| kCantonese | jing4 |
| kDefinition | luster of gems; bright, lustrous |
| kEACC | 227E26 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4410 |
| kGB0 | 5108 |
| kHanYu | 21109.080 53225.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yíng(14) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53225.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5328 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FE76 |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-3778 |
| kTGH | 2013:1830 |
| kKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3853 |
| kMandarin | yíng |
| kPhonetic | 1587* |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 96.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 426.08 584.17 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 439.200:yíng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "瑩" U+7469 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 1386.030:yíng |