U+9738 "霸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9738 "霸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that embodies the concepts of supremacy, dominance, and hegemony, often used to refer to a ruler or leader who exercises power through force or authority rather than moral persuasion. It appears in classical texts such as the works of Confucian philosophy, where it contrasts with the ideal of a virtuous "kingly" ruler, and it forms the core of terms like "霸权" meaning hegemony or "霸王" referring to a despotic leader or a top overlord. In modern usage, the character retains this connotation of unyielding strength and control, appearing in contexts ranging from political commentary to brand names that suggest market dominance.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9738
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	霸
HTML Hex Encoding	霸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x9C 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9738
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009738
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9738

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

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kDaeJaweon	1888.250
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kFourCornerCode	1052.7
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kGB1	1652
kGradeLevel	5
kGSR	0772b
kHangul	패:1N
kHanYu	64077.190
kHanyuPinlu	bà(27)
kHanyuPinyin	64077.190:pò,bà
kHKGlyph	4449
kIICore	AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1888.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64077.190
kIRGKangXi	1379.130
kIRG_GSource	G0-3054
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C551
kIRG_JSource	J0-5B31
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-84B6
kIRG_KSource	K1-717C
kIRG_TSource	T1-7B3D
kIRG_VSource	V1-6B5B
kJapanese	ハク ヒャク ヘ ハ はたがしら
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3489
kJapaneseKun	HATAGASHIRA KASHIRA
kJapaneseOn	HAKU HYAKU HA
kJis0	5917
kKangXi	1379.130
kKorean	PHAY PAYK
kMainlandTelegraph	7218
kMandarin	bà
kMatthews	4842
kMeyerWempe	2198
kMojiJoho	MJ027866
kMorohashi	42490
kNelson	5067
kPhonetic	997
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5140+173.8.13
kRSUnicode	173.13
kSBGY	423.23
kSemanticVariant	U+8987<kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	762.05
kSMSZD2003Readings	bà粵baa3
kTaiwanTelegraph	7218
kTGHZ2013	008.010:bà
kTotalStrokes	21
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kVietnamese	bá
kXerox	254:247
kXHC1983	0018.030:bà