U+965B "陛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
陛
U+965B "陛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (kanji/hanja) that literally means "steps leading to the throne" or "imperial audience." It is most famously used in the compound word 陛下 (bìxià), which serves as a formal and respectful title meaning "His/Her Majesty" or "Your Majesty," akin to addressing a monarch or emperor. The character combines the radical 阝 (a variant of 阜, indicating a mound or elevated terrain) with the phonetic component 坒 (bì), reinforcing its association with ascending stairs to a lofty seat of power. In historical East Asian contexts, it emphasizes both physical and hierarchical elevation, signifying the distance and reverence required when approaching a sovereign.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+965B |
| 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 | 陛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 陛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x99 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x965B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000965B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u965b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0A1 |
| kCCCII | 215E7C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5864 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5864 |
| kCangjie | NLPPG |
| kCantonese | bai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1421.607 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1853.220 |
| kDefinition | steps leading throne; throne |
| kEACC | 215E7C |
| kFanqie | 傍禮 |
| kFenn | 317I |
| kFennIndex | 401.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7121.4 |
| kGB0 | 1761 |
| kGB1 | 1761 |
| kGSR | 0566c' |
| kHangul | 폐:0N |
| kHanYu | 64130.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64130.050:bì |
| kHKGlyph | 4378 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1853.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64130.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1351.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-315D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0A1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A45 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F2B9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-784E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5864 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6B27 |
| kJapanese | ヘイ ベイ ヒ ビ きざはし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4380 |
| kJapaneseKun | KIZAHASHI |
| kJapaneseOn | HEI |
| kJis0 | 4237 |
| kKangXi | 1351.100 |
| kKorean | PHYEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7103 |
| kMandarin | bì |
| kMatthews | 5081 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2267c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027592 |
| kMorohashi | 41654 |
| kNelson | 4988 |
| kPhonetic | 1030A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3605+170.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.7 |
| kSBGY | 270.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 751.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bì粵bai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7103 |
| kTang | bhěi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 019.010:bì |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bệ |
| kXerox | 266:147 |
| kXHC1983 | 0060.190:bì |