U+98EF "飯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+98EF "飯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing the concept of cooked rice or a meal in East Asian languages, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its structure combines the radical for "food" or "eat" on the left side with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its role in daily sustenance and cultural practices. In Japanese, it is commonly read as "meshi" or "han" and appears in words like "gohan" for cooked rice or a meal, while in Chinese it is pronounced "fàn" and extends metaphorically to mean any staple food or livelihood. This character is widely used in written and digital communication across the region, tying together culinary traditions and social customs.
General Properties
Code Point
U+98EF
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
飯
HTML Hex Encoding
飯
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0xA3 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x98EF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000098EF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u98ef
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B6BA
kCCCII
21606B
kCNS1986
1-6321
kCNS1992
1-6321
kCangjie
OIHE
kCantonese
faan6
kCihaiT
1490.501
kCowles
677
kDaeJaweon
1941.210
kDefinition
cooked rice; food; meal
kEACC
21606B
kFanqie
扶晚 符万
kFenn
215A
kFennIndex
129.08 130.01
kFourCornerCode
8174.7
kGB1
2325
kGradeLevel
1
kGSR
0262i
kHangul
반:0E
kHanYu
74444.050
kHanyuPinlu
fàn(557)
kHanyuPinyin
74444.050:fàn
kHKGlyph
4541
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74444.050
kIRG_GSource
G1-3739
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B6BA
kIRG_JSource
J0-4853
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDA3
kIRG_KSource
K0-5A79
kIRG_TSource
T1-6321
kJapanese
ハン めし
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kJapaneseKun
MESHI
kJapaneseOn
HAN BON
kJis0
4051
kKangXi
1417.270
kKarlgren
19
kKorean
PAN
kLau
655
kMandarin
fàn
kMatthews
1787
kMeyerWempe
461
kMojiJoho
MJ028364 MJ030240:FE00 MJ028364:E0103 MJ030240:E0104
kMorohashi
44064' 44064:FE00 44064':E0103 44064:E0104
kNelson
5158
kPhonetic
339
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3431+184.8.4 V+20261+184.9.4
kRSUnicode
184.4
kSBGY
281.51 398.17
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
778.17
kSMSZD2003Readings
fàn粵faan6
kTaiwanTelegraph
7391
kTang
bhiæ̀n bhiæ̌n
kTotalStrokes
13
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kXerox
243:260