U+4F8B "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+4F8B "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean that primarily means "example," "instance," or "precedent." In Chinese, it is pronounced "lì" in Mandarin and is frequently found in common compounds such as "例如" meaning "for example" and "例子" meaning "example" or "case." In Japanese, it is read as "rei" and appears in terms like "例文" (reibun, example sentence) and "例外" (reigai, exception). The character is composed of the radical "亻" (person) on the left, indicating a human element, and the phonetic component "列" (row or line) on the right, which also provides a clue to the meaning of arranging or listing examples. This character is a standard component of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block in the Unicode standard, ensuring its consistent representation across digital systems worldwide.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
例
HTML Hex Encoding
例
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE4 0xBE 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x4F8B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00004F8B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u4f8b

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
A8D2
kCCCII
21314E
kCNS1986
1-4B73
kCNS1992
1-4B73
kCangjie
OMNN
kCantonese
lai6
kCihaiT
102.605
kCowles
2207
kDaeJaweon
0215.050
kDefinition
precedent, example; regulation
kEACC
21314E
kFanqie
力制
kFenn
279C
kFennIndex
299.01
kFourCornerCode
2220.0
kGB0
3293
kGB1
3293
kGradeLevel
3
kGSR
0291h
kHangul
례:0E 예:0
kHanYu
10146.080
kHanyuPinlu
lì(369)
kHanyuPinyin
10146.080:lì,liè
kHKGlyph
0138
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10146.080
kIRG_GSource
G0-407D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A8D2
kIRG_JSource
J0-4E63
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D9FD
kIRG_KSource
K0-5647
kIRG_TSource
T1-4B73
kIRG_VSource
V1-4B3C
kJapanese
レイ レツ たとえる たぐい ためし
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:1140
kJapaneseKun
TATOERU TAGUI TAMESHI
kJapaneseOn
REI RETSU
kJis0
4667
kKangXi
0101.240
kKarlgren
548
kKorean
LYEY
kLau
1796
kMainlandTelegraph
0173
kMandarin
kMatthews
3890
kMeyerWempe
1466
kMojiJoho
MJ006700
kMorohashi
00587
kNelson
0428
kPhonetic
814
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4011+9.2.6
kRSUnicode
9.6
kSBGY
378.45
kSMSZD2003Index
28.01 60.09
kSMSZD2003Readings
lì粵lai6
kTaiwanTelegraph
0173
kTGHZ2013
217.120:lì
kTotalStrokes
8
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
lề
kXerox
255:307
kXHC1983
0698.060:lì