U+4E42 "乂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
乂
U+4E42 "乂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to govern" or "to regulate," and also carries the subsidiary meanings of "to mow" or "to cut," functioning as an ancient component in other characters. This ideograph is composed of a simple cross-like shape, symbolizing an action of cutting or managing order, and it appears in classical texts and modern Chinese as both a standalone word and a radical known as the "govern stroke" or "cross" radical. Historical usage includes its presence in the name of the mythical emperor Yao, where it was combined with other strokes to form more complex characters, reflecting its foundational role in the development of the CJK writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E42 |
| 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 | 乂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 乂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB9 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e42 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C940 |
| kCCCII | 216436 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2121 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2121 |
| kCangjie | K |
| kCantonese | ngaai6 |
| kCihaiT | 46.508 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0165.010 |
| kDefinition | govern, control, manage; nurture |
| kEACC | 216434 |
| kFanqie | 魚肺 |
| kFenn | 528K |
| kFennIndex | 224.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4000.0 |
| kGB3 | 1610 |
| kGB8 | 9003 |
| kGSR | 0347a |
| kHangul | 예:0N |
| kHanYu | 10031.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10031.030:yì,ài |
| kIICore | AGKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0165.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10031.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0081.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-302A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-C940 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5029 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FDA6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6751 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2121 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4A3C |
| kJapanese | ガイ ゲ おさめる かる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3501 |
| kJapaneseKun | KARU OSAMERU OSAMARU |
| kJapaneseOn | GAI GE |
| kJis0 | 4809 |
| kKangXi | 0081.100 |
| kKarlgren | 177 |
| kKorean | YEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0034 |
| kMandarin | yì |
| kMatthews | 2934 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2008a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006372 MJ006372:E0101 MJ006373:E0102 MJ006374:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 00111 00111:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 954 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4098+4.1.1 |
| kRSUnicode | 4.1 |
| kSBGY | 391.45 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 7.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yì粵ngaai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0034 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 433.160:yì |
| kTotalStrokes | 2 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nghệ |
| kXerox | 324:347 |
| kXHC1983 | 1369.120:yì |