U+9F13 "鼓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

鼓

U+9F13 "鼓" CJK Unified Ideograph is a Chinese character meaning "drum," and it represents both a musical instrument and the concept of beating or striking a drum. Its composition combines the radical for "drum" on the left side, derived from a pictograph of a drum on a stand, with the phonetic component "殳" on the right, which signifies a hand holding a stick to beat it. In various East Asian scripts, including Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, this character is used in words related to drums, music, and rhythmic actions, such as "鼓舞" meaning "to inspire" or "鼓动" meaning "to agitate." Historically, it traces back to ancient oracle bone script, where it depicted a drum with decorative patterns, reflecting its deep cultural significance in rituals and celebrations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9F13
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	鼓
HTML Hex Encoding	鼓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBC 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9F13
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009F13
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9f13

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

kBigFive	B9AA
kCCCII	216275
kCNS1986	1-6770
kCNS1992	1-6770
kCangjie	GTJE
kCantonese	gu2
kCihaiT	1566.401
kCowles	1802
kDaeJaweon	2061.150
kDefinition	drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
kEACC	216275
kFanqie	公戶
kFenn	737C
kFennIndex	260.05
kFourCornerCode	4414.7
kGB0	2536
kGB1	2536
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	0050a
kHangul	고:0E
kHanYu	74763.010
kHanyuPinlu	gǔ(286)
kHanyuPinyin	74763.010:gǔ
kHDZRadBreak	⿎[U+2FCE]:74763.010
kHKGlyph	4738
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	2061.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74763.010
kIRGKangXi	1526.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-3944
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B9AA
kIRG_JSource	J0-385D
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D0A2
kIRG_KSource	K0-4D55
kIRG_TSource	T1-6770
kJapanese	コクつづみうつつづみうつ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:2837
kJapaneseKun	TSUZUMI
kJapaneseOn	KO
kJis0	2461
kKangXi	1526.010
kKarlgren	429
kKorean	KO
kLau	1060
kMainlandTelegraph	7849
kMandarin	gǔ
kMatthews	3479
kMeyerWempe	1261
kMojiJoho	MJ029984
kMorohashi	48330
kNelson	5415
kPhonetic	754 1241
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1937+207.13.0
kRSUnicode	207.0
kSBGY	265.41
kSemanticVariant	U+76B7<kLau,kMatthews U+9F14<kLau,kMatthews U+29272<kKangXi:T
kSMSZD2003Index	828.06 274.12
kSMSZD2003Readings	gǔ粵gu2
kTaiwanTelegraph	7849
kTGHZ2013	118.140:gǔ
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	246:053
kXHC1983	0395.030:gǔ