U+8D99 "趙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
趙
U+8D99 "趙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that historically served as a surname and a place name, and it is still commonly used as a family name in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean contexts. It originated as an ancient state during the Warring States period in China, which lends the character a deep historical significance. In structure, it combines the radical for "walk" or "run" (走) with a phonetic component (肖), indicating both its semantic association with movement and its pronunciation. This character is frequently encountered in classical texts, historical records, and personal names, reflecting its enduring cultural relevance across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D99 |
| 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 | 趙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 趙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB6 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d99 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BBAF |
| kCCCII | 215A4F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6B37 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6B37 |
| kCangjie | GOFB |
| kCantonese | ziu6 |
| kCihaiT | 1286.208 |
| kCowles | 295 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1686.370 |
| kDefinition | surname; Warring States-era kingdom in modern Hebei and Shanxi |
| kEACC | 215A4F |
| kFenn | 124G |
| kFennIndex | 20.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4980.2 |
| kGB1 | 5352 |
| kGSR | 1149u |
| kHangul | 조:0N |
| kHanYu | 53488.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53488.010:zhào,diào |
| kHKGlyph | 3962 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1686.370 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53488.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1217.500 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5554 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BBAF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6C64 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9B8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7061 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6B37 |
| kJapanese | チョウ ジョウ キョウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | OYOBU KOERU SUBASHIKOI |
| kJapaneseOn | CHOU |
| kJis0 | 7668 |
| kKangXi | 1217.500 |
| kKorean | CO |
| kMandarin | zhào |
| kMatthews | 244 |
| kMeyerWempe | 318b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025213 MJ025213:E0102 MJ025214:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 37171 37171:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 220 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6789+156.7.7 V+14223+156.7.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 156.7 |
| kSBGY | 297.11 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "赵" U+8D75 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 673.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhào粵ziu6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6392 |
| kTang | *djiɛ̀u |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 250:350 |
| kXHC1983 | 1460.051:zhào |