U+846C "葬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葬
U+846C "葬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "to bury" or "inter," often used in contexts related to funerals, burial rites, or the act of placing the deceased in a grave. Its composition combines elements representing grass or plants and the concept of death, symbolizing the covering of a body with earth or vegetation. This character appears in various East Asian languages and holds cultural significance, appearing in terms such as "葬式" (funeral ceremony) and "埋葬" (burial), reflecting its deep association with mourning, remembrance, and the treatment of the dead in traditional and modern contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+846C |
| 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 | 葬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x846C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000846C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u846c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8AE |
| kCCCII | 215550 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6635 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6635 |
| kCangjie | TMPT |
| kCantonese | zong3 |
| kCihaiT | 1156.404 |
| kCowles | 4617 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1507.090 |
| kDefinition | bury, inter |
| kEACC | 215550 |
| kFanqie | 則浪 |
| kFenn | 278C |
| kFennIndex | 544.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4444.1 |
| kGB0 | 5265 |
| kGB1 | 5265 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0702a |
| kHangul | 장:0E |
| kHanYu | 53246.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zàng(9) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53246.020:zàng |
| kHKGlyph | 3499 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1507.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53246.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1046.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5461 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8AE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4172 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E6F8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6D77 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6635 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6540 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ほうむる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2548 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOUMURU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 3382 |
| kKangXi | 1046.050 |
| kKorean | CANG |
| kLau | 1560 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5520 |
| kMandarin | zàng |
| kMatthews | 6702 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3454 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022378 MJ022378:E0101 MJ022379:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31448' 31448':E0101 31448:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4000 |
| kPhonetic | 253 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2804+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 427.29 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+585F<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 591.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zàng粵zong3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5520 |
| kTang | *tzɑ̀ng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 458.140:zàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | táng |
| kXerox | 254:260 |
| kXHC1983 | 1440.100:zàng |