U+8D24 "贤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8D24 "贤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally conveys the concept of virtue, worthiness, or moral excellence, often referring to a person of outstanding talent and integrity. In traditional contexts, it is used to describe a wise and able individual, such as a sage or a virtuous official, and appears in classical texts like the Confucian Analects. Its modern usage extends to forming words like "贤惠" (virtuous and kind, typically describing a wife) or "贤能" (talented and virtuous), and it remains a common component in personal names and idioms, emphasizing ethical character and capability. The character is also present in Japanese and Korean vocabulary, where it retains similar connotations of moral worth and intelligence.

General Properties

Code Point U+8D24
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 贤
HTML Hex Encoding 贤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB4 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8D24
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008D24
C/C++/Java Escape \u8d24

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

kCCCII 275A30
kCangjie LEBO
kCantonese jin4
kDefinition virtuous, worthy, good; able
kEACC 275A30
kFourCornerCode 2780
kGB0 4745
kHanYu 63626.110
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63626.110
kIRGKangXi 1213.211
kIRG_GSource G0-4F4D
kTGH 2013:1074
kKangXi 1213.211
kMainlandTelegraph 6343
kMandarin xián
kRSUnicode 154'.4
kSMSZD2003Index 664.07
kTGHZ2013 398.010:xián
kTotalStrokes 8
kTraditionalVariant "賢" U+8CE2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1247.070:xián