U+8C9D "貝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8C9D "貝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese and Japanese kanji character that originally depicted a cowrie shell, which was used as currency in ancient China, thus lending it the primary meaning of "shell" or "money" / "treasure". It serves as a common radical in many East Asian characters related to wealth, trade, and value, such as "買" (buy) and "賣" (sell). In modern usage, while simplified to "贝" in mainland Chinese, the traditional form "貝" continues to be widely used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Japanese kanji, representing both the literal object and the abstract concept of valuables or financial worth.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8C9D
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
貝
HTML Hex Encoding
貝
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xB2 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8C9D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008C9D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8c9d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
A8A9
kCCCII
215968
kCNS1986
1-4B4A
kCNS1992
1-4B4A
kCangjie
BUC
kCantonese
bui3
kCihaiT
1267.603
kCowles
3381
kDaeJaweon
1665.020
kDefinition
sea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154
kEACC
215968
kFanqie
愽蓋
kFenn
856C
kFennIndex
392.06
kFourCornerCode
6080.0
kGB1
1720
kGradeLevel
3
kGSR
0320a
kHangul
배:N 패:0E
kHanYu
63622.010
kHanyuPinlu
bèi(49)
kHanyuPinyin
63622.010:bèi
kHDZRadBreak
⾙[U+2F99]:63622.010
kHKGlyph
3893
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63622.010
kIRG_GSource
G1-3134
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A8A9
kIRG_JSource
J0-332D
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F2AA
kIRG_KSource
K0-782F
kIRG_TSource
T1-4B4A
kIRG_VSource
V1-6779
kJapanese
バイ ハイ かい
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
KAI
kJapaneseOn
BAI HAI
kJis0
1913
kKangXi
1204.010
kKorean
PHAY
kMandarin
bèi
kMatthews
5005
kMeyerWempe
2478
kMojiJoho
MJ024995
kMorohashi
36656
kNelson
4486
kPhonetic
1083
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1419+154.7.0
kRSUnicode
154.0
kSBGY
381.07
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
662.08
kSMSZD2003Readings
bèi粵bui3
kTaiwanTelegraph
6296
kTang
*bɑ̀i
kTotalStrokes
7
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
buổi
kXerox
247:376
kXHC1983
0048.031:bèi