U+8FD4 "返" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
返
U+8FD4 "返" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "return," "go back," or "reverse," and it is composed of the radical for movement or walking, 辶, combined with the phonetic component 反, which itself carries the meaning of "opposite" or "contrary." This character is widely used in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing systems, as well as in Japanese and Korean contexts, where it appears in words like 返事 (reply or answer in Japanese and Chinese) and 返還 (return or restitution). In classical texts, it often conveys the concept of returning to a previous state or place, making it a fundamental element in vocabulary related to reversal, repayment, or restoration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8FD4 |
| 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 | 返 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 返 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xBF 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8FD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008FD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8fd4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAF0 |
| kCCCII | 215B6C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F53 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F53 |
| kCangjie | YHE |
| kCantonese | faan2 |
| kCihaiT | 1312.601 |
| kCowles | 662 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1737.070 |
| kDefinition | return, revert to, restore |
| kEACC | 215B6C |
| kFanqie | 府遠 |
| kFenn | 215D |
| kFennIndex | 129.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3130.4 |
| kGB0 | 2321 |
| kGB1 | 2321 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0262e |
| kHangul | 반:0E |
| kHanYu | 63820.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | fǎn(48) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63820.010:fǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 4084 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1737.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63820.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1254.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3735 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAF0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A56 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DDA1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5A77 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F53 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-692A |
| kJapanese | ヘン ハン ホン かえす かえる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:794 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAESU KAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | HEN HAN HON |
| kJis0 | 4254 |
| kKangXi | 1254.140 |
| kKarlgren | 19 |
| kKorean | PAN |
| kLau | 645 646 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6604 |
| kMandarin | fǎn |
| kMatthews | 1785 |
| kMeyerWempe | 449 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025805 MJ025805:E0103 MJ025806:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 38758' 38758':E0103 38758:E0104 |
| kNelson | 4670 |
| kPhonetic | 339 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3622+162.3.4 V+14016+162.4.4 V+20229+162.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 162.4 |
| kSBGY | 281.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 692.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fǎn粵faan2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6604 |
| kTang | *biæ̌n |
| kTGHZ2013 | 092.040:fǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | phản |
| kXerox | 251:360 |
| kXHC1983 | 0304.010:fǎn |