U+7269 "物" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7269 "物" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "thing," "object," "matter," or "substance," and is widely used in both classical and modern East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This ideograph is composed of the radical 牛 (cow or ox) on the left side, which suggests a connection to livestock or material possessions, and the phonetic component 勿 on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. In philosophical contexts, such as in Confucian or Buddhist texts, 物 often denotes physical entities or phenomena in contrast to abstract principles or the mind. Its versatility makes it a fundamental building block in compound words, ranging from 動物 (animal) and 植物 (plant) to 食物 (food) and 物語 (story or tale in Japanese).