U+8C37 "谷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

谷

U+8C37 "谷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram that represents the concept of a valley or ravine, originally depicting a mountain pass or watercourse between peaks. In modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean usage, it commonly means valley or gully and appears in geographic names as well as in compounds like 峡谷 (xiágǔ, canyon) or 谷底 (gǔdǐ, valley floor). Beyond its literal meaning, it also carries figurative senses, such as in the word 谷物 (gǔwù, grain), where it refers to crops, though this usage stems from a distinct etymological root. As a component, it often serves as a radical in other characters, contributing the idea of a narrow opening or passage, and it holds cultural significance in Daoist thought where valleys symbolize humility and receptiveness.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8C37
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	谷
HTML Hex Encoding	谷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xB0 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8C37
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008C37
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8c37

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	A8A6
kCCCII	215950
kCNS1986	1-4B47
kCNS1992	1-4B47
kCangjie	COR
kCantonese	guk1
kCihaiT	1259.604
kCowles	1866
kDaeJaweon	1652.190
kDefinition	valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
kEACC	274F40
kFanqie	古禄盧谷余蜀其虐
kFenn	710D
kFennIndex	260.11
kFourCornerCode	8060.8
kGB0	2540
kGB1	2540
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	1202a
kHangul	곡:0E
kHanYu	63902.010
kHanyuPinlu	gǔ(145)
kHanyuPinyin	63902.010:gǔ,lù,yù
kHDZRadBreak	⾕[U+2F95]:63902.010
kHKGlyph	3870
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1652.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63902.010
kIRGKangXi	1189.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-3948
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A8A6
kIRG_JSource	J0-432B
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D0A8
kIRG_KSource	K0-4D5B
kIRG_TSource	T1-4B47
kIRG_VSource	V1-676B
kJapanese	コクヨクロクたにきわきる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:798
kJapaneseKun	TANI KIWAMARU
kJapaneseOn	KOKU YOKU
kJis0	3511
kKangXi	1189.010
kKarlgren	425
kKorean	KOK YOK
kMainlandTelegraph	6253
kMandarin	gǔ
kMatthews	3483
kMeyerWempe	1322
kMojiJoho	MJ024866
kMorohashi	36182
kNelson	4458
kPhonetic	493 681 739
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2921+150.7.0
kRSUnicode	150.0
kSBGY	449.35 451.16 462.35
kSimplifiedVariant	"谷" U+8C37 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	658.09
kSMSZD2003Readings	gǔ粵guk1 yù粵juk6
kTaiwanTelegraph	6253
kTang	*guk iok
kTGHZ2013	117.160,117.170:gǔ
kTotalStrokes	7
kTraditionalVariant	"穀" U+7A40 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "谷" U+8C37 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	cốc
kXerox	251:361
kXHC1983	0399.040:gǔ 1415.170:yù