U+8A3B "註" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8A3B "註" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used primarily in East Asian writing systems, including Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and occasionally Korean, where it carries the core meaning of "to annotate," "to record," or "to register." In classical and modern contexts, it appears in words like "註釋" (annotation) and "註冊" (registration), reflecting its function as a verb or noun related to the act of writing down explanatory notes or official entries. Structurally, it combines the "言" (speech) radical on the left, indicating language or communication, with the phonetic component "主" (master) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as "zhù" in Mandarin. In Japanese, this character corresponds to the shinjitai form "注" under the Unicode unification, though the traditional complex form "註" retains distinct use in specialized contexts such as textual commentary or medical records. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures cross-platform consistency for re

General Properties

Code Point U+8A3B
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 註
HTML Hex Encoding 註
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xA8 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8A3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008A3B
C/C++/Java Escape \u8a3b

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 B5F9
kCCCII 21584C
kCNS1986 1-6221
kCNS1992 1-6221
kCangjie YRYG
kCantonese zyu3
kCihaiT 1240.404
kCowles 333
kDaeJaweon 1619.150
kDefinition explain; annotate; make entry
kEACC 21584C
kFanqie 之戍 中句
kFenn 81D
kFennIndex 96.01
kFourCornerCode 0061.4
kGradeLevel 5
kGSR 0129d
kHangul 주:0N
kHanYu 63957.010
kHanyuPinyin 63957.010:zhù
kHKGlyph 3771
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1619.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63957.010
kIRGKangXi 1152.260
kIRG_GSource GE-4C64
kIRG_HSource HB1-B5F9
kIRG_JSource J0-4370
kIRG_KPSource KP0-E9F8
kIRG_KSource K0-7149
kIRG_TSource T1-6221
kIRG_VSource V1-6723
kJapanese チュウ チュ
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun TOKU TOKIAKASHI SHIRUSU
kJapaneseOn CHUU CHU
kJis0 3580
kKangXi 1152.260
kKorean CWU
kLau 1573
kMandarin zhù
kMatthews 1343
kMeyerWempe 353
kMojiJoho MJ024400 MJ024399:E0102 MJ024400:E0103 MJ024401:E0104
kMorohashi 35340:E0104
kNelson 4334
kPhonetic 263
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+2990+149.7.5 V+7740+149.7.5
kRSUnicode 149.5
kSBGY 364.36 366.23
kSimplifiedVariant "注" U+6CE8 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
"𬣣" U+2C8E3 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 645.02
kSMSZD2003Readings zhù粵zyu3
kTaiwanTelegraph 6087
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese chú
kXerox 255:063
kXHC1983 1513.051:zhù