U+8CAB "貫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8CAB "貫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally depicted a string of cowrie shells, which were used as ancient currency, and thus carries the core meanings of "to pierce through," "to thread," or "a string of cash." Over time, its semantic range expanded to include concepts like "to be consistent" or "to be connected," and it serves as a key component in compound words such as "貫徹" meaning "to carry through" and "一貫" meaning "consistent." In modern usage, the character also appears in the Japanese term "貫通" for "penetration" and is used in names and place names, reflecting its enduring role in expressing continuity and unity across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8CAB
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
貫
HTML Hex Encoding
貫
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xB2 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8CAB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008CAB
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8cab
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B365
kCCCII
21596E
kCNS1986
1-5D4B
kCNS1992
1-5D4B
kCangjie
WJBUC
kCantonese
gun3
kCihaiT
1271.101
kCowles
1825
kDaeJaweon
1668.010
kDefinition
a string of 1000 coins; to go through
kEACC
21596E
kFanqie
古丸 古玩
kFenn
861B
kFennIndex
268.09
kFourCornerCode
7780.6
kGB1
2565
kGradeLevel
4
kGSR
0159a
kHangul
관:0E
kHanYu
63628.150
kHanyuPinlu
guàn(91)
kHanyuPinyin
63628.150:guàn,wān
kHKGlyph
3900
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63628.150
kIRG_GSource
G1-3961
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B365
kIRG_JSource
J0-3453
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D4A2
kIRG_KSource
K0-4E3B
kIRG_TSource
T1-5D4B
kIRG_VSource
V1-6823
kJapanese
カン ワン つらぬく ひく
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kJapaneseKun
TSURANUKU HIKU
kJapaneseOn
KAN WAN
kJis0
2051
kKangXi
1205.170
kKarlgren
445
kKorean
KWAN
kMandarin
guàn
kMatthews
3566
kMeyerWempe
1279
kMojiJoho
MJ025013 MJ025013:E0102 MJ025014:E0103 MJ025015:E0104
kMorohashi
36681 36681:E0102
kNelson
2469
kPhonetic
762
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1551+80.4.7 C+1551+154.7.4 V+13426+154.7.4
kRSUnicode
154.4
kSBGY
125.16 402.51
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
664.04
kSMSZD2003Readings
guàn粵gun3
kTaiwanTelegraph
6306
kTang
guɑ̀n
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
quan
kXerox
251:120