U+8840 "血" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8840 "血" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages where it primarily represents the concept of blood. In Chinese, it is pronounced "xuè" or "xiě" and is a fundamental component in words related to blood, circulation, and lineage, such as "血液" (blood) and "血缘" (blood relation). The character's ancient pictographic origins depict a sacrificial vessel containing blood, reflecting its early ritualistic associations. In modern usage, it appears in medical, biological, and cultural contexts, and as a radical in other kanji and hanzi characters, it often conveys ideas of redness, life force, or kinship. Its simple yet meaningful structure makes it a common and essential character across East Asian writing systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
血 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
血 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xA1 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8840 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008840 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8840 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A6E5 |
| kCCCII |
215743 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4866 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4866 |
| kCangjie |
HBT |
| kCantonese |
hyut3 |
| kCihaiT |
1202.504 |
| kCowles |
1212 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1568.180 |
| kDefinition |
blood; Kangxi radical 143 |
| kEACC |
215743 |
| kFanqie |
呼決 |
| kFenn |
611C |
| kFennIndex |
175.04 195.01 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2710.0 |
| kGB0 |
4910 |
| kGB1 |
4910 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0410a |
| kHangul |
혈:0E |
| kHanYu |
53050.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
xuè(349) xiě(69) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
53050.010:xuè,xiě |
| kHDZRadBreak |
⾎[U+2F8E]:53050.010 |
| kHKGlyph |
3668 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1568.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53050.010 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1107.010 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-512A |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A6E5 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-376C |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-F3D0 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-7A6C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4866 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-6641 |
| kJapanese |
ケツ ケチ ち |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:479 |
| kJapaneseKun |
CHI |
| kJapaneseOn |
KETSU |
| kJis0 |
2376 |
| kKangXi |
1107.010 |
| kKarlgren |
172 |
| kKorean |
HYEL |
| kLau |
1246 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
5877 |
| kMandarin |
xuè |
| kMatthews |
2901 |
| kMeyerWempe |
814 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ023845 |
| kMorohashi |
33964 |
| kNelson |
4205 |
| kPhonetic |
514 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1858+143.6.0 |
| kRSUnicode |
143.0 |
| kSBGY |
492.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
624.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
xuè粵hyut3 xiě粵hyut3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
5877 |
| kTang |
*xuet |
| kTGHZ2013 |
405.160:xiě 416.140:xuè |
| kTotalStrokes |
6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
huyết |
| kXerox |
245:354 |
| kXHC1983 |
1276.040:xiě 1311.030:xuè |