U+8D3A "贺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
贺
U+8D3A "贺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning "to congratulate" or "to celebrate," and it is commonly used in expressions of goodwill and festivity, such as in the word "祝贺" meaning "congratulations." This character is composed of the radical "贝" (shell, associated with wealth) on the left and "加" (to add) on the right, symbolizing the addition of value or blessings. As a fundamental component in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing, "贺" appears in contexts ranging from personal greetings to formal ceremonies, and its stroke order follows standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) calligraphic conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D3A |
| 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 | 贺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 贺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB4 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d3a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275977 |
| kCangjie | KRBO |
| kCantonese | ho6 |
| kDefinition | congratulate; send present |
| kEACC | 275977 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4680 |
| kGB0 | 2656 |
| kHanYu | 63636.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | hè(15) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63636.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3A58 |
| kTGH | 2013:1744 |
| kKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6320 |
| kMandarin | hè |
| kRSUnicode | 154'.5 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 135.110:hè |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "賀" U+8CC0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0456.020:hè |