U+8CD9 "賙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
賙
U+8CD9 "賙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to give alms, to relieve or provide for, and to supply or assist those in need, often in a charitable or compassionate context. It is composed of the radical for shell or money (贝) on the left, which relates to wealth or trade, and a phonetic component (周) on the right indicating its pronunciation similar to zhou in Mandarin. This character appears in classical Chinese texts and traditional vocabulary related to philanthropy and social welfare, and it is used in modern contexts such as the term "賙濟" which means to relieve or provide financial aid. Its usage reflects cultural values of benevolence and mutual support within Chinese society.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8CD9 |
| 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 | 賙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 賙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB3 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8CD9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008CD9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8cd9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E7EA |
| kCCCII | 233674 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5453 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5453 |
| kCangjie | BCBGR |
| kCantonese | zau1 |
| kCihaiT | 1276.302 |
| kCowles | 157 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1673.290 |
| kDefinition | give for charity |
| kEACC | 233674 |
| kFanqie | 職流 |
| kFenn | 730D |
| kFennIndex | 90.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6782.0 |
| kGB5 | 4247 |
| kGSR | 1083h |
| kHangul | 주:1N |
| kHanYu | 63650.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63650.030:zhōu |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1673.290 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63650.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1209.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-4A4F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E7EA |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-792E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7949 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6D58 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5453 |
| kJapanese | シュウ シュ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,89,14 |
| kJapaneseKun | ATAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHUU SHU |
| kJis1 | 6319 |
| kKangXi | 1209.090 |
| kKorean | CWU |
| kMandarin | zhōu |
| kMatthews | 1294 |
| kMeyerWempe | 171 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025067 |
| kMorohashi | 36804 |
| kPhonetic | 80 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15154+154.7.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 154.8 |
| kSBGY | 206.19 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "赒" U+8D52 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 667.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhōu粵zau1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6335 |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 275:170 |
| kXHC1983 | 1504.102:zhōu |