U+8D5E "赞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8D5E "赞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to praise," "to commend," or "to support," and it is commonly used in modern Chinese and Japanese (where it appears as 賛 in some contexts). Its semantic components include a "shell" or treasure radical related to value, reflecting its historical association with offering gifts or approval. In contemporary digital culture, it is famously used in social media contexts on platforms like WeChat and Weibo as the word for the "like" button, denoting endorsement or appreciation of a post. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block and carries a rich cultural significance in expressing admiration and social approval across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
赞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
赞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xB5 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8D5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008D5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8d5e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
275A3D |
| kCangjie |
HUBO |
| kCantonese |
zaan3 |
| kDefinition |
help, support, assist, aid |
| kEACC |
275A3D |
| kFourCornerCode |
2480 |
| kGB0 |
5262 |
| kHanYu |
63658.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
zàn(162) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
63658.010 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1213.211 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-545E |
| kTGH |
2013:3355 |
| kKangXi |
1213.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6363 |
| kMandarin |
zàn |
| kPhonetic |
28* |
| kRSUnicode |
154'.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
458.040:zàn |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"贊" U+8D0A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1439.130:zàn |