U+9EC4 "黄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
黄
U+9EC4 "黄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the color yellow, and it holds significant cultural and historical importance across East Asia. In traditional Chinese philosophy, yellow is associated with the earth element and was historically linked to the emperor, as it was considered the color of the center of the universe and a symbol of imperial power. The character is used in various contexts, from describing sunlight and autumn leaves to forming compound words like “黄河” (Yellow River) and “黄金” (gold), reflecting its foundational role in language and symbolism.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9EC4 |
| 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 | 黄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 黄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBB 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9EC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009EC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9ec4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-396A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-396A |
| kCangjie | TLWC |
| kCantonese | wong4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2048.010 |
| kDefinition | yellow; surname |
| kEACC | 2D6262 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4480.6 |
| kGB0 | 2738 |
| kGB1 | 2738 |
| kHanYu | 74596.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | huáng(347) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74596.010:huáng |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⿈[U+2FC8]:74596.010 |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2048.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74596.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1516.041 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3B46 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8BF6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-322B |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-396A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6D2D |
| kJapanese | コウ オウ き こ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kTGH | 2013:2201 |
| kJapaneseKun | KI |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU OU |
| kJis0 | 1811 |
| kKangXi | 1516.041 |
| kKarlgren | 451 |
| kKorean | HWANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7806 |
| kMandarin | huáng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029870 MJ029870:E0101 MJ059263:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 47926' 47926':E0101 |
| kNelson | 5399 |
| kPhonetic | 1458 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1323+201.11.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 201.0 201'.0 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "黄" U+9EC4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 824.10 |
| kTang | *huɑng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 146.030:huáng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "黃" U+9EC3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "黄" U+9EC4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kVietnamese | hoàng |
| kXHC1983 | 0493.030:huáng |