U+7F38 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+7F38 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes a large container or vat, typically made of clay or pottery, used for storing water, grains, or other household items. In modern usage, it often appears in words like “水缸” meaning water vat, and “鱼缸” meaning fish tank, reflecting its association with open topped vessels for liquid or aquatic life. The character is composed of the radical 缶 (fou), which represents earthenware, and the phonetic component 工 (gong), contributing to its pronunciation as gang in Mandarin. This character has been in use since ancient Chinese, and it is a standard component in written texts spanning classical literature to contemporary everyday signage.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
缸
HTML Hex Encoding
缸
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE7 0xBC 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x7F38
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00007F38
C/C++/Java Escape
\u7f38

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
ACFB
kCCCII
215226
kCNS1986
1-527E
kCNS1992
1-527E
kCangjie
OUM
kCantonese
gong1
kCihaiT
1063.503
kCowles
1770
kDaeJaweon
1385.060
kDefinition
earthenware jug, crock; cistern
kEACC
215226
kFanqie
下江 古郎
kFenn
8B
kFennIndex
242.04
kFourCornerCode
8171.0
kGB0
2455
kGB1
2455
kGradeLevel
2
kHangul
항:0N
kHanYu
52935.050
kHanyuPinlu
gāng(38)
kHanyuPinyin
52935.050:gāng
kHKGlyph
3174
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52935.050
kIRG_GSource
G0-3857
kIRG_HSource
HB1-ACFB
kIRG_JSource
J0-657D
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F2FC
kIRG_KSource
K0-797C
kIRG_TSource
T1-527E
kIRG_VSource
V1-6338
kJapanese
コウ ゴウ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:1537
kJapaneseKun
KAME MOTAI
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kJis0
6993
kKangXi
0944.280
kKarlgren
469
kKorean
HANG
kLau
963
kMainlandTelegraph
4971
kMandarin
gāng
kMatthews
3264
kMeyerWempe
1237
kMojiJoho
MJ020500
kMorohashi
28112
kPhonetic
684
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6156+48.3.6 C+6156+121.6.3
kRSUnicode
121.3
kSBGY
039.36
kSemanticVariant
U+5808<kLau,kMatthews U+7F41<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index
534.04 190.15
kSMSZD2003Readings
gāng粵gong1
kTaiwanTelegraph
4971
kTGHZ2013
108.010:gāng
kTotalStrokes
9
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
cong
kXerox
254:130
kXHC1983
0359.160:gāng