U+9C81 "鲁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鲁
U+9C81 "鲁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents simplicity or bluntness, as well as serving as a surname and a shorthand abbreviation for Shandong Province in China, derived from the ancient State of Lu. Its modern meaning often conveys a sense of being naive or dull, reflecting its historical usage in classical texts to describe straightforward or unrefined behavior. The character's structure combines the radical for "fish" on top and the element for "sun" or "day" below, though its etymological roots trace back to an early form depicting a fish in a vessel, symbolizing the original meaning of "fine words" or "praise" before shifting to its current connotations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9C81 |
| 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 | 鲁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鲁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xB2 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9C81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009C81 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9c81 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276176 |
| kCangjie | NWMA |
| kCantonese | lou5 |
| kDefinition | foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar |
| kEACC | 276176 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2760 |
| kGB0 | 3419 |
| kHanYu | 74677.080 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74677.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1480.511 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4233 |
| kTGH | 2013:2717 |
| kKangXi | 1480.511 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7627 |
| kMandarin | lǔ |
| kRSUnicode | 195'.4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 233.090:lǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "魯" U+9B6F CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0737.080:lǔ |