U+8CBA "貺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8CBA "貺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that appears in the Kangxi Dictionary and is primarily used in Classical Chinese, where it conveys the meaning of "to bestow" or "to grant," often in a respectful or generous context, such as a gift from a superior or a deity. This character is composed of the radical "貝" (shell, representing wealth or value) on the left and the phonetic component "兄" (elder brother) on the right, though its usage in modern Mandarin has largely been supplanted by the simplified character "贶," which retains the same meaning. In historical texts, it is associated with acts of conferring favors or blessings, and it remains a rare but recognized glyph within the Unicode Standard for representing Chinese literary or religious writings.

General Properties

Code Point U+8CBA
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 貺
HTML Hex Encoding 貺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB2 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8CBA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008CBA
C/C++/Java Escape \u8cba

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 DBE8
kCCCII 233651
kCNS1986 2-404E
kCNS1992 2-404E
kCangjie BCRHU
kCantonese fong3
kCihaiT 1273.101
kDaeJaweon 1670.050
kDefinition give, grant, bestow; surname
kEACC 233651
kFanqie 許訪
kFenn 755I
kFennIndex 207.05 271.06
kFourCornerCode 6681.0
kGB1 7460
kGSR 0765h
kHangul 황:1N
kHanYu 63633.030
kHanyuPinyin 63633.030:kuàng
kIRGDaeJaweon 1670.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63633.030
kIRGKangXi 1206.260
kIRG_GSource G1-6A5C
kIRG_HSource HB2-DBE8
kIRG_JSource J1-5F2B
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7912
kIRG_KSource K1-7449
kIRG_TSource T2-404E
kJapanese キョウ コウ たまう
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun TAMAU
kJapaneseOn KYOU KOU
kJis1 6311
kKangXi 1206.260
kKarlgren 163
kKorean HWANG
kMandarin kuàng
kMatthews 3604
kMeyerWempe 533f
kMojiJoho MJ025030
kMorohashi 36713
kPhonetic 474
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19827+154.7.5
kRSUnicode 154.5
kSBGY 426.38
kSimplifiedVariant "贶" U+8D36 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 665.04
kSMSZD2003Readings kuàng粵fong3
kTaiwanTelegraph 6315
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 272:356