U+865A "虚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

虚

U+865A "虚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys notions of emptiness, void, or falsehood, and it is often used in philosophical and literary contexts to describe something that is not real or substantial. In traditional Chinese thought, particularly within Daoism and Buddhism, "虚" represents a state of openness, non-attachment, or the fundamental emptiness of phenomena, as seen in terms like "虚实" (empty and solid) or "虚幻" (illusory). It appears in classical texts such as the Dao De Jing, where it contrasts with fullness or substance, and in modern usage it can also denote adjectives like "hollow," "weak," or "fictitious." As a component of compound words, it retains its core meaning of absence or insubstantiality, making it a versatile character in both ancient and contemporary Chinese writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+865A
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	虚
HTML Hex Encoding	虚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x99 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x865A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000865A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u865a

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

kCNS1986	E-3861
kCNS1992	3-3861
kCangjie	YPTC
kCantonese	heoi1
kCihaiT	1184.105
kDaeJaweon	1541.120
kDefinition	false
kFourCornerCode	2121.2
kGB0	4873
kGB1	4873
kHanYu	42822.010
kHanyuPinlu	xū(86)
kIICore	AGJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1541.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42822.010
kIRGKangXi	1074.101
kIRG_GSource	G0-5069
kIRG_JSource	J0-3575
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-70D7
kIRG_KSource	K2-5B2F
kIRG_TSource	T3-3861
kIRG_VSource	V1-656F
kJapanese	キョコむなしい
kJoyoKanji	2010
kTGH	2013:2253
kJapaneseKun	MUNASHII
kJapaneseOn	KYO KO
kJis0	2185
kKangXi	1074.101
kKorean	HE
kMainlandTelegraph	5711
kMandarin	xū
kMojiJoho	MJ023292
kMorohashi	32708
kNelson	4109
kPhonetic	383 515
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1679+141.6.5
kRSUnicode	141.5
kTGHZ2013	412.140:xū
kTotalStrokes	11
kTraditionalVariant	"虛" U+865B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GJ
kVietnamese	hư
kXHC1983	1300.030:xū