U+4E12 "丒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

丒

U+4E12 "丒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character, classified under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block, which encodes characters used in these East Asian writing systems. Historically, this specific ideograph has been associated with the meaning of "clown" or "buffoon," though it is exceedingly uncommon in modern usage and often appears as a variant or component form of the more standard character 丑 (chǒu) in traditional contexts. Its semantic range can also touch upon the concept of ugliness or awkwardness, reflecting its roots in classical Chinese texts where it denoted a comedic or grotesque role. Due to its obscurity, "丒" is rarely showcased in contemporary typography or digital fonts, making it a niche entry in the vast repository of encoded East Asian ideographs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4E12
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	丒
HTML Hex Encoding	丒
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE4 0xB8 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4E12
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004E12
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4e12

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCangjie	SKM
kCantonese	ng5
kDefinition	the period from 1 to 3 a.m.; 2nd character of the 'branches'
kHanYu	10013.021
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10013.021
kIRGKangXi	0077.061
kIRG_GSource	GE-3023
kIRG_JSource	J14-2124
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-340E
kIRG_TSource	T4-2139
kJapanese	チュウうし
kJIS0213	2,01,04
kJapaneseKun	USHI
kJapaneseOn	CHUU
kJis1	1605
kKangXi	0077.061
kMandarin	chǒu
kMojiJoho	MJ006316 MJ006316:E0101 MJ006319:E0102 MJ006317:E0103
kMorohashi	00028 00028:E0101
kNelson	0013
kPhonetic	90
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+17236+1.1.3
kRSUnicode	1.3
kTotalStrokes	4