U+8B77 "護" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8B77 "護" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "to protect," "to guard," or "to defend," and it is used across multiple East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Chinese, it is pronounced "hù" and appears in common words such as "保護" (bǎohù), meaning protection. In Japanese, it is read as "go" or "mamoru" and is a key component in terms like "保護" (hogo), also meaning protection. This character is composed of the radical "言" (speech) on the left and the phonetic component "蒦" on the right, reflecting its original sense of verbal or active defense. Its deep cultural significance lies in concepts of guardianship and care, appearing in contexts from personal safety to national security across East Asian texts and traditions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
護 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
護 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xAD 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8B77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008B77 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8b77 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
C540 |
| kCCCII |
215948 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7B2C |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7B2C |
| kCangjie |
YRTOE |
| kCantonese |
wu6 |
| kCihaiT |
1256.503 |
| kCowles |
3128 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1647.240 |
| kDefinition |
protect, guard, defend, shelter |
| kEACC |
215948 |
| kFanqie |
胡誤 |
| kFenn |
58C |
| kFennIndex |
199.09 |
| kFourCornerCode |
0464.7 |
| kGB1 |
2704 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0784k |
| kHangul |
호:0E |
| kHanYu |
64023.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
hù(468) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
64023.040:hù |
| kHKGlyph |
3861 |
| kIICore |
ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1647.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
64023.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1184.170 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-3B24 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-C540 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-386E |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-F4B9 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-7B5E |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7B2C |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-6763 |
| kJapanese |
ゴ まもる |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kJapaneseKun |
MAMORU |
| kJapaneseOn |
GO KO |
| kJis0 |
2478 |
| kKangXi |
1184.170 |
| kKarlgren |
120 |
| kKorean |
HO |
| kLau |
3281 |
| kMandarin |
hù |
| kMatthews |
2190 |
| kMeyerWempe |
2171 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ024819 MJ024819:E0101 MJ024820:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
36038' 36038':E0101 36048:E0102 |
| kNelson |
4447 |
| kPhonetic |
1454 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1954+149.7.13 |
| kRSUnicode |
149.14 |
| kSBGY |
368.54 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"护" U+62A4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
656.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
hù粵wu6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
6233 |
| kTang |
*hò |
| kTotalStrokes |
20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
hộ |
| kXerox |
244:345 |
| kXHC1983 |
0476.061:hù |