U+8CA4 "貤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
貤
U+8CA4 "貤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to transfer, shift, or bestow something, such as an official rank or title onto another person. It is historically associated with the act of promoting or conferring privileges, especially in feudal or bureaucratic contexts, and can also denote a gradual progression or layering, like the accumulation of steps or levels. Despite its limited modern usage, the character appears in classical Chinese texts and some expanded character sets, where it is often read as yí in Mandarin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8CA4 |
| 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 | 貤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 貤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8CA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008CA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8ca4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D3E1 |
| kCCCII | 233644 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3325 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3325 |
| kCangjie | BCPD |
| kCantonese | ji4 |
| kCihaiT | 1270.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1666.050 |
| kDefinition | steps, grade, strata; series |
| kEACC | 233644 |
| kFanqie | 以豉 羊至 神至 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6481.2 |
| kGB3 | 4032 |
| kHangul | 이:N |
| kHanYu | 63625.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63625.060:yì,yí |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1666.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63625.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1205.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4840 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D3E1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-792B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-78EE |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-6253 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3325 |
| kJapanese | イ シ ジ |
| kKoreanName | 2018 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,89,11 |
| kJapaneseKun | KASANERU |
| kJapaneseOn | I SHI JI |
| kJis1 | 6309 |
| kKangXi | 1205.030 |
| kKarlgren | 223 |
| kMandarin | yí |
| kMatthews | 2944 |
| kMeyerWempe | 854t |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025004 |
| kMorohashi | 36667 |
| kPhonetic | 1471 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15153+154.7.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 154.3 |
| kSBGY | 347.38 355.38 355.47 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰷠" U+30DE0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6301 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 307:041 |