U+8CAB "貫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
貫
U+8CAB "貫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally depicted a string of cowrie shells, which were used as ancient currency, and thus carries the core meanings of "to pierce through," "to thread," or "a string of cash." Over time, its semantic range expanded to include concepts like "to be consistent" or "to be connected," and it serves as a key component in compound words such as "貫徹" meaning "to carry through" and "一貫" meaning "consistent." In modern usage, the character also appears in the Japanese term "貫通" for "penetration" and is used in names and place names, reflecting its enduring role in expressing continuity and unity across East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8CAB |
| 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 | 貫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 貫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB2 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8CAB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008CAB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8cab |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B365 |
| kCCCII | 21596E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D4B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D4B |
| kCangjie | WJBUC |
| kCantonese | gun3 |
| kCihaiT | 1271.101 |
| kCowles | 1825 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1668.010 |
| kDefinition | a string of 1000 coins; to go through |
| kEACC | 21596E |
| kFanqie | 古丸 古玩 |
| kFenn | 861B |
| kFennIndex | 268.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7780.6 |
| kGB1 | 2565 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0159a |
| kHangul | 관:0E |
| kHanYu | 63628.150 |
| kHanyuPinlu | guàn(91) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63628.150:guàn,wān |
| kHKGlyph | 3900 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1668.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63628.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1205.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3961 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B365 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3453 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D4A2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4E3B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D4B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6823 |
| kJapanese | カン ワン つらぬく ひく |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSURANUKU HIKU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN WAN |
| kJis0 | 2051 |
| kKangXi | 1205.170 |
| kKarlgren | 445 |
| kKorean | KWAN |
| kMandarin | guàn |
| kMatthews | 3566 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1279 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025013 MJ025013:E0102 MJ025014:E0103 MJ025015:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 36681 36681:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2469 |
| kPhonetic | 762 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1551+80.4.7 C+1551+154.7.4 V+13426+154.7.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 154.4 |
| kSBGY | 125.16 402.51 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "贯" U+8D2F CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 664.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | guàn粵gun3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6306 |
| kTang | guɑ̀n |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | quan |
| kXerox | 251:120 |