U+996D "饭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+996D "饭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally represents cooked rice or a meal. It is composed of the radical 飠 (food or eat) combined with 反 (turn over), though its modern meaning is more directly linked to staple grains and sustenance. In everyday usage, "饭" is a core term for food as a general concept, as well as for specific meals like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Its significance extends beyond literal cuisine to phrases such as "饭碗" (rice bowl) to denote a job or livelihood, reflecting its deep cultural role in marking sustenance, community, and daily life in Chinese-speaking societies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+996D
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	饭
HTML Hex Encoding	饭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xA5 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x996D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000996D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u996d

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

kCCCII	27606B
kCangjie	NVHE
kCantonese	faan6
kDefinition	cooked rice; food, meal
kEACC	27606B
kFourCornerCode	2274
kGB0	2325
kHanYu	74445.010
kHanyuPinlu	fàn(557)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74445.010
kIRGKangXi	1427.311
kIRG_GSource	G0-3739
kTGH	2013:823
kKangXi	1427.311
kMainlandTelegraph	7391
kMandarin	fàn
kRSUnicode	184'.4
kTGHZ2013	092.060:fàn
kTotalStrokes	7
kTraditionalVariant	"飯" U+98EF CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0305.040:fàn