U+73BA "玺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+73BA "玺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents a royal or imperial seal, often referred to as a "chop" in English. Historically, this character was reserved for seals belonging to emperors or high-ranking officials in East Asian cultures, particularly in China, where it symbolized authority and legitimacy in official documents. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "玉玺" (yùxǐ), meaning an imperial jade seal, and is also used in personal name seals or artistic contexts within calligraphy and engraving. Its visual composition combines the radical for "jade" (王 or 玉) with elements suggesting a tool or instrument, reflecting its original meaning of a carved, authoritative stamp.