U+8CB9 "貹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

貹

U+8CB9 "貹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character, not commonly used in modern Chinese or Japanese writing. Its etymology traces back to classical texts, where it carries meanings primarily related to wealth or property, specifically implying the accumulation or storage of goods. In ancient lexicons, such as the Kangxi Dictionary, 貹 is defined with the radical for "shell" or "money" (貝) combined with the phonetic component 生, suggesting a foundational association with financial or material assets. Due to its infrequent appearance, the character is largely absent from everyday language and is mostly encountered in historical or specialized linguistic study. This graphical and phonetic composition places it within the broader CJK family of ideographs that encode traditional logographic writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8CB9
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	貹
HTML Hex Encoding	貹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xB2 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8CB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008CB9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8cb9

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	DBEB
kCCCII	233653
kCNS1986	2-4051
kCNS1992	2-4051
kCangjie	BCHQM
kCantonese	sang3
kDaeJaweon	1670.030
kEACC	233653
kFanqie	所敬
kFourCornerCode	6581.0
kGB3	4036
kHangul	성:N
kHanYu	63633.090
kHanyuPinyin	63633.090:shèng
kIRGDaeJaweon	1670.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63633.090
kIRGKangXi	1206.240
kIRG_GSource	G3-4844
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DBEB
kIRG_JSource	J1-5F2A
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7905
kIRG_KSource	K2-6255
kIRG_TSource	T2-4051
kJapanese	セイショウ
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	TAKARA
kJapaneseOn	SEI SHOU
kJis1	6310
kKangXi	1206.240
kMandarin	shèng
kMojiJoho	MJ025029
kMorohashi	36711
kPhonetic	1130*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22585+100.5.7 C+22585+154.7.5
kRSUnicode	154.5
kSBGY	430.18
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT