U+723B "爻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

爻
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+723B "爻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is an ancient Chinese character that represents the concept of divination, specifically the lines or symbols used in the classic text the I Ching (Book of Changes). It serves as a fundamental building block for the eight trigrams and sixty four hexagrams, with each line being either solid or broken to represent yin and yang forces. In modern usage, the character "爻" retains its historical and philosophical significance, often appearing in contexts related to traditional Chinese cosmology, geomancy, and scholarly discussions of the I Ching.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+723B
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
爻
HTML Hex Encoding
爻
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE7 0x88 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x723B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000723B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u723b

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
A4F8
kCCCII
214A43
kCNS1986
1-4559
kCNS1992
1-4559
kCangjie
KK
kCantonese
ngaau4
kCihaiT
864.401
kCowles
3011
kDaeJaweon
1103.110
kDefinition
diagrams for divination
kEACC
214A43
kFanqie
胡茅
kFenn
529K
kFennIndex
618.01
kFourCornerCode
4040.0
kGB0
5619
kGB1
5619
kGSR
1167a
kHangul
효:0N
kHanYu
10034.040
kHanyuPinyin
10034.040:yáo,xiào
kHKGlyph
2457
kIICore
AGTHKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10034.040
kIRG_GSource
G0-5833
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A4F8
kIRG_JSource
J0-602B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4DD
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D21
kIRG_TSource
T1-4559
kIRG_VSource
V2-8D6B
kJapanese
コウ ギョウ まじわる めめ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3520
kJapaneseKun
MAJIWARU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kJis0
6411
kKangXi
0690.130
kKarlgren
217
kKorean
HYO
kMainlandTelegraph
3641
kMandarin
yáo
kMatthews
2583
kMeyerWempe
2027
kMojiJoho
MJ016757 MJ016757:E0102 MJ016758:E0103
kMorohashi
19737 19737:E0102
kPhonetic
958
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5604+89.4.0 V+14156+89.4.0
kRSUnicode
89.0
kSBGY
151.57
kSMSZD2003Index
408.03
kSMSZD2003Readings
yáo粵ngaau4
kTaiwanTelegraph
3641
kTGHZ2013
427.090:yáo
kTotalStrokes
4
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
301:310
kXHC1983
1340.150:yáo