U+8D21 "贡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
贡
U+8D21 "贡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally means "to offer tribute" or "to contribute," and it is a simplified form of the traditional character 貢. In modern usage, it commonly appears in words related to paying respect or presenting gifts to a superior, such as "贡献" (contribution) and "进贡" (to pay tribute). The character is composed of a radical meaning "shell" or "money" (贝) on the bottom, which hints at its historical association with valuable offerings, and a top component related to sound or meaning. It is widely used in both formal and everyday contexts in written Chinese, reflecting concepts of duty and generosity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D21 |
| 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 | 贡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 贡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB4 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D21 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d21 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27596B |
| kCangjie | XMBO |
| kCantonese | gung3 |
| kDefinition | offer tribute; tribute, gifts |
| kEACC | 27596B |
| kFourCornerCode | 1080 |
| kGB0 | 2517 |
| kHanYu | 63624.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gòng(97) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63624.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3931 |
| kTGH | 2013:627 |
| kKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6300 |
| kMandarin | gòng |
| kPhonetic | 684* |
| kRSUnicode | 154'.3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 190.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 115.010:gòng |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "貢" U+8CA2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0387.060:gòng |