U+8B5C "譜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B5C "譜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character primarily meaning "score" or "chart" as in a musical score, genealogy, or record, and it is also used in Japanese as "fu" with similar meanings. This logogram is composed of the radical "言" (speech/words) on the left, suggesting communication or recording, and the phonetic component "普" (widespread/general) on the right, together forming a character that signifies a systematic compilation or notation of information. In modern usage, it is frequently encountered in contexts such as music notation (楽譜/乐谱), family trees (系譜/系谱), and cooking recipes (食谱), demonstrating its enduring role in organizing and transmitting cultural and practical knowledge. The character reflects the historical importance of structured documentation in East Asian societies, bridging oral traditions and written records.

General Properties

Code Point U+8B5C
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 譜
HTML Hex Encoding 譜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAD 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B5C
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b5c

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 C3D0
kCCCII 21593D
kCNS1986 1-787B
kCNS1992 1-787B
kCangjie YRTCA
kCantonese pou2
kCihaiT 1254.405
kCowles 3334 3513
kDaeJaweon 1645.120
kDefinition register, list, table; musical score
kEACC 21593D
kFanqie 博古
kFourCornerCode 0866.1
kGB1 3855
kGradeLevel 4
kHangul 보:0E
kHanYu 64021.020
kHanyuPinyin 64021.020:pǔ
kHKGlyph 3850
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1645.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64021.020
kIRGKangXi 1182.120
kIRG_GSource G1-4657
kIRG_HSource HB1-C3D0
kIRG_JSource J0-4968
kIRG_KPSource KP0-DEB9
kIRG_KSource K0-5C4F
kIRG_TSource T1-787B
kIRG_VSource V1-675D
kJapanese フ ホ
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kJapaneseKun SHIRUSU
kJapaneseOn FU HO
kJis0 4172
kKangXi 1182.120
kKorean PO
kMandarin
kMatthews 5386
kMeyerWempe 2411 2423
kMojiJoho MJ024782 MJ024782:E0102 MJ024783:E0103
kMorohashi 35990 35990:E0102
kNelson 4437 4440
kPhonetic 1074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+3546+149.7.12 V+20218+149.7.13
kRSUnicode 149.12
kSBGY 268.04
kSimplifiedVariant "谱" U+8C31 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 655.14
kSMSZD2003Readings pǔ粵pou2
kTaiwanTelegraph 6225
kTotalStrokes 19
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese phả
kXerox 257:042