U+83EF "華" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

華

U+83EF "華" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character that carries rich cultural and historical significance, primarily meaning "flower," "splendor," or "prosperity." In classical Chinese texts, it often refers to something beautiful, magnificent, or flourishing, and it is also used to denote China itself, especially in terms like "Huaxia," an ancient name for the Chinese civilization. This character appears in various compound words and phrases, such as "中華" (Zhonghua) meaning "China" or "Chinese nation," and "華麗" (huali) meaning "gorgeous" or "luxurious." It is a common component in personal names, place names, and literary expressions, reflecting its enduring importance in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it is pronounced similarly but with slight variations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+83EF
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	華
HTML Hex Encoding	華
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8F 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x83EF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000083EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u83ef

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

kBigFive	B5D8
kCCCII	21553C
kCNS1986	1-615E
kCNS1992	1-615E
kCangjie	TMTJ
kCantonese	waa4
kCihaiT	1144.102
kCowles	4958
kDaeJaweon	1497.120
kDefinition	flowery; illustrious; Chinese
kEACC	21553C
kFanqie	戶花呼瓜胡化
kFenn	64A
kFennIndex	200.02 200.04 201.05
kFourCornerCode	4450.4
kGB1	2710
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	0044a
kHangul	화:0E
kHanYu	53213.010
kHanyuPinlu	huá(29)
kHanyuPinyin	53213.010:huā,huá,huà,kuā
kHKGlyph	3477
kIICore	ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1497.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53213.010
kIRGKangXi	1039.140
kIRG_GSource	G1-3B2A
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B5D8
kIRG_JSource	J0-325A
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F6BB
kIRG_KSource	K0-7C24
kIRG_TSource	T1-615E
kIRG_VSource	V1-6530
kJapanese	カケカイゲはなはなやか
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kJapaneseKun	HANA HANAYAKA
kJapaneseOn	KA KE
kJis0	1858
kKangXi	1039.140
kKarlgren	94
kKorean	HWA
kLau	636 3151 3152
kMandarin	huá
kMatthews	2217
kMeyerWempe	3693
kMojiJoho	MJ022150 MJ022150:E0101 MJ022152:E0102 MJ022151:E0103 MJ068053:E0104
kMorohashi	31119 31119:E0101 31214:E0102
kNelson	3955
kPhonetic	1410
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1370+140.3.7
kRSUnicode	140.8
kSBGY	165.37 166.11 423.35
kSimplifiedVariant	"华" U+534E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	586.04
kSMSZD2003Readings	huá粵waa4 huà粵waa6
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+5D0B<kHanYu U+8550<kFenn
kTaiwanTelegraph	5478
kTang	*hua huà
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kVietnamese	hoa
kXerox	242:135
kXHC1983	0483.031:huá 0487.011:huà