U+8BBE "设" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
设
U+8BBE "设" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to set up," "to establish," "to arrange," or "to suppose." It is a simplified form derived from the traditional character "設," and in the Japanese writing system, it is used as a kyōiku kanji, taught in the fifth grade. The character is a composite, with the radical for speech or words (讠) on the left, suggesting communication or planning, and a phonetic component (殳) on the right. Structurally, it frequently appears in words related to design, installation, and hypothesis, such as “设计” for design and “设备” for equipment, making it an essential element in technical, academic, and everyday contexts across East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8BBE |
| 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 | 设 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 设 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAE 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8BBE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008BBE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8bbe |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275849 |
| kCangjie | IVHNE |
| kCantonese | cit3 |
| kDefinition | build; establish; display |
| kEACC | 275849 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3774 |
| kGB0 | 4172 |
| kHanYu | 63950.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shè(1097) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63950.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4968 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-897A |
| kTGH | 2013:560 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6080 |
| kMandarin | shè |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 329.040:shè |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "設" U+8A2D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 1013.010:shè |