U+66F8 "書" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+66F8 "書" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character representing the concept of "book," "write," or "document," and it is also used in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese as a kanji, hanja, or chữ Hán with similar meanings. This character commonly appears in compounds such as "图书馆" (library) and "書店" (bookstore), reflecting its deep cultural association with literature, calligraphy, and formal writing traditions across East Asia. Historically, its form evolved from ancient oracle bone and bronze inscriptions depicting a hand holding a writing brush, symbolizing the act of recording information. In modern usage, it remains a core component of vocabulary related to education, publishing, and documentation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+66F8
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
書
HTML Hex Encoding
書
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0x9B 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x66F8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000066F8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u66f8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
AED1
kCCCII
214355
kCNS1986
1-5573
kCNS1992
1-5573
kCangjie
LGA
kCantonese
syu1
kCihaiT
650.302
kCowles
3982
kDaeJaweon
0874.180
kDefinition
book, letter, document; writings
kEACC
214355
kFanqie
傷魚
kFenn
669A
kFennIndex
460.08 461.01
kFourCornerCode
5060.1
kGB1
4273
kGSR
0045t
kHangul
서:0E
kHanYu
21509.090
kHanyuPinlu
shū(1446)
kHanyuPinyin
21509.090:shū
kHKGlyph
1820
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21509.090
kIRG_GSource
G1-4A69
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AED1
kIRG_JSource
J0-3D71
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E1ED
kIRG_KSource
K0-5F76
kIRG_TSource
T1-5573
kIRG_VSource
V1-5878
kJapanese
ショ かく ふみ
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kJapaneseKun
KAKU FUMI
kJapaneseOn
SHO
kJis0
2981
kKangXi
0502.120
kKorean
SE
kLau
2901
kMandarin
shū
kMatthews
5857
kMeyerWempe
2760
kMojiJoho
MJ013492 MJ013491:E0102 MJ013492:E0103
kMorohashi
14294 13928:E0102 14294:E0103
kNelson
3719
kPhonetic
94 1235
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2427+72.4.6 C+2427+73.4.6 V+13827+73.4.6
kRSUnicode
73.6
kSBGY
066.27
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
298.03 548.02
kSMSZD2003Readings
shū粵syu1
kTaiwanTelegraph
2579
kTang
*shiu
kTotalStrokes
10
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
thư
kXerox
242:060
kXHC1983
1064.071:shū