U+8FB0 "辰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

辰

U+8FB0 "辰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with profound historical and cultural significance, representing the fifth of the twelve Earthly Branches in the traditional Chinese zodiac cycle, which corresponds to the Dragon sign. Its core meaning revolves around the concept of time, celestial bodies, and cyclical patterns, often interpreted as "morning," "daytime," or "celestial stem" in classical texts, and it is also used in compounds like "星辰" (stars) to denote heavenly bodies. In the context of the Chinese calendar, 辰 governs the period from 7:00 to 9:00 AM and is associated with the element Earth, symbolizing vigor, creativity, and auspicious power. This character appears in various cultural artifacts, from ancient bronze inscriptions to modern computing, serving as a vital link between linguistic tradition and digital encoding standards.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8FB0
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	辰
HTML Hex Encoding	辰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xBE 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8FB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008FB0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8fb0

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

kBigFive	A8B0
kCCCII	215B62
kCNS1986	1-4B51
kCNS1992	1-4B51
kCangjie	MMMV
kCantonese	san4
kCihaiT	1310.501
kCowles	3838
kDaeJaweon	1733.040
kDefinition	early morning; fifth earthly branch; Kangxi radical 161
kEACC	215B62
kFanqie	植鄰
kFenn	355E
kFennIndex	26.03
kFourCornerCode	7123.2
kGB0	1929
kGB1	1929
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	0455a
kHangul	신:0N 진:0E
kHanYu	63606.010
kHanyuPinyin	63606.010:chén
kHDZRadBreak	⾠[U+2FA0]:63606.010
kHKGlyph	4076
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1733.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63606.010
kIRGKangXi	1252.150
kIRG_GSource	G0-333D
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A8B0
kIRG_JSource	J0-4324
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EBB5
kIRG_KSource	K0-7263
kIRG_TSource	T1-4B51
kIRG_VSource	V2-904F
kJapanese	シンジンたつとき
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:701
kJapaneseKun	TATSU
kJapaneseOn	SHIN
kJis0	3504
kKangXi	1252.150
kKorean	CIN SIN
kMainlandTelegraph	6591
kMandarin	chén
kMatthews	336
kMeyerWempe	2634
kMojiJoho	MJ025746
kMorohashi	38682
kNelson	4653
kPhonetic	1129
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2914+161.7.0
kRSUnicode	161.0
kSBGY	102.08
kSMSZD2003Index	691.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	chén粵san4
kTaiwanTelegraph	6591
kTang	zhin
kTGHZ2013	041.180:chén
kTotalStrokes	7
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	253:070
kXHC1983	0132.030:chén