U+9EB8 "麸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
麸
U+9EB8 "麸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the meaning of "bran" or "chaff," specifically the outer husk of grains like wheat that is separated during milling. In traditional Chinese and Japanese usage, it is often associated with food and agriculture, appearing in terms related to wheat bran or similar coarse byproducts. The character combines the radical for "wheat" (麦) with the phonetic component "夫" (fu), reflecting its pronunciation in Mandarin as fū. It is commonly found in culinary and dietary contexts, particularly in East Asian cuisines where bran is used in certain dishes or as a health food ingredient.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9EB8 |
| 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 | 麸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 麸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBA 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9EB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009EB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9eb8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27625C |
| kCangjie | QEQO |
| kCantonese | fu1 |
| kDefinition | bran |
| kEACC | 4B625C |
| kFourCornerCode | 4524.3 5524.3 |
| kGB0 | 8479 |
| kHanYu | 74601.010 |
| kIICore | BGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74601.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1514.571 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-746F |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7350 |
| kJapanese | フ ふすま |
| kTGH | 2013:4715 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUSUMA |
| kJapaneseOn | FU |
| kJis0 | 8348 |
| kKangXi | 1514.571 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 9690 |
| kMandarin | fū |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029851 |
| kMorohashi | H791 |
| kPhonetic | 380 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7427+199.7.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 199'.4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 099.100:fū |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "麩" U+9EA9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0333.050:fū |