U+8D56 "赖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8D56 "赖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies dependence, reliance, or trust, often carrying a negative connotation such as being unreliable or falsely accusing someone. It is composed of the radical for "shell" or "money" (贝) on the left, suggesting financial context, and the phonetic component 剌 on the right, though the overall meaning extends to abstract concepts of leaning on others or denying responsibility. In modern Chinese usage, it appears in words like "依赖" (yīlài, to rely on) and "赖账" (lài zhàng, to renege on a debt), and it is also a common surname.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8D56
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	赖
HTML Hex Encoding	赖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xB5 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8D56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008D56
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8d56

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	275A36
kCangjie	DLNBO
kCantonese	laai6
kDefinition	rely, depend on; accuse falsely
kEACC	275A36
kFourCornerCode	5798
kGB0	3221
kHanYu	63652.010
kHanyuPinlu	lài(28)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63652.010
kIRGKangXi	1213.211
kIRG_GSource	G0-4035
kTGH	2013:2872
kKangXi	1213.211
kMainlandTelegraph	6351
kMandarin	lài
kRSUnicode	154'.9
kTGHZ2013	207.160:lài
kTotalStrokes	13
kTraditionalVariant	"賴" U+8CF4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0671.100:lài