U+535C "卜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+535C "卜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logograph representing the Chinese character for divination or fortune-telling, historically used in oracle bone script as a pictograph of a crack on a tortoise shell or bone, which was interpreted to foretell the future. It is classified under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block and carries the semantic meaning of "to divine" or "to foretell," often appearing in compounds related to prediction and consultation in East Asian languages. Its stroke count is two, making it a simple yet culturally significant character that dates back to ancient Chinese writing systems and remains in contemporary usage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+535C
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
卜
HTML Hex Encoding
卜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x8D 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x535C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000535C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u535c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
A452
kCCCII
213465
kCNS1986
1-4433
kCNS1992
1-4433
kCangjie
Y
kCantonese
baak6
kCihaiT
223.302
kCowles
3400
kDaeJaweon
0361.150
kDefinition
fortune telling; prophesy
kEACC
275573
kFanqie
博木
kFenn
119D
kFennIndex
423.04
kFourCornerCode
2300.0
kGB0
1823
kGB1
1823
kGSR
1210a
kHangul
복:0E
kHanYu
10091.110
kHanyuPinlu
bo(25)
kHanyuPinyin
10091.110:bǔ,pū,bo
kHDZRadBreak
⼘[U+2F18]:10091.110
kHKGlyph
0438
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10091.110
kIRG_GSource
G0-3237
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A452
kIRG_JSource
J0-4B4E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DEBE
kIRG_KSource
K0-5C54
kIRG_TSource
T1-4433
kIRG_VSource
V1-4D6F
kJapanese
ボク ホク うらない うらなう ぼくのと
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:8
kJapaneseKun
URANAU URANAI
kJapaneseOn
BOKU
kJis0
4346
kKangXi
0157.250
kKorean
POK
kLau
157
kMainlandTelegraph
0592
kMandarin
bo bǔ
kMatthews
5378
kMeyerWempe
2512
kMojiJoho
MJ007866
kMorohashi
02774
kNelson
0797
kPhonetic
1004 1094
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3708+25.2.0
kRSUnicode
25.0
kSBGY
452.23
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
76.08
kSMSZD2003Readings
bǔ粵buk1
kTaiwanTelegraph
0592
kTang
*buk
kTGHZ2013
028.080:bo 028.130:bǔ
kTotalStrokes
2
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
bốc
kXerox
256:335
kXHC1983
0085.090:bo 0086.030:bǔ