U+8978 "襸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
襸
U+8978 "襸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that falls under the "CJK Unified Ideographs" block, traditionally used in East Asian writing systems. It is composed of the radical for clothing (衤) on the left and the phonetic component "贊" on the right, and its primary meanings relate to fine, clean, or carefully laundered garments, often implying a sense of purity or meticulous care in washing or dressing. This character appears in Classical Chinese texts and some literary or historical contexts, but it is not commonly used in modern everyday language, making it a subject of interest primarily for scholars of Chinese character etymology, calligraphy, or ancient literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8978 |
| 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 | 襸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 襸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA5 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8978 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008978 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8978 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 25405B |
| kCNS1986 | E-6149 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-6149 |
| kCangjie | LHUC |
| kCantonese | zaan3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1594.330 |
| kFanqie | 在丸 則旰 |
| kGB5 | 7023 |
| kHanYu | 53124.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53124.010:zàn,cuán |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1594.330 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53124.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1127.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-6637 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-024186 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-74BC |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5F4D |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-6149 |
| kJapanese | サン |
| kKangXi | 1127.270 |
| kMandarin | zàn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024186 |
| kMorohashi | 34738 |
| kRSUnicode | 145.19 |
| kSBGY | 402.27 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𬡷" U+2C877 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 24 |