U+4E43 "乃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+4E43 "乃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in classical and modern written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Chinese, it primarily functions as a particle meaning "then," "thus," "so," or "your," and can also serve as a possessive marker in classical texts, such as in the phrase "乃父" meaning "your father." In Japanese, it appears in the kanji reading "nai" and is used in words like "乃木" (Nogi) as a proper noun, while in Korean it is less common but retains similar classical meanings. The character's structure is simple, consisting of a single stroke group that evolved from ancient oracle bone script, representing a curved or bent shape, and it carries a nuanced grammatical role that links actions or ideas in literary contexts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
乃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
乃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE4 0xB9 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x4E43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00004E43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u4e43 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A444 |
| kCCCII |
21303A |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4425 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4425 |
| kCangjie |
NHS |
| kCantonese |
naai5 |
| kCihaiT |
46.601 |
| kCowles |
2821 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0165.030 |
| kDefinition |
then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely |
| kEACC |
21303A |
| kFanqie |
奴亥 |
| kFenn |
216D |
| kFennIndex |
354.01 |
| kFourCornerCode |
1722.7 |
| kGB0 |
3643 |
| kGB1 |
3643 |
| kGSR |
0945a |
| kHangul |
내:0E |
| kHanYu |
10031.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
nǎi(27) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10031.050:nǎi,ǎi |
| kHKGlyph |
0026 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0165.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10031.050 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0081.120 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-444B |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A444 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4735 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-D5A4 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-522C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4425 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4A3D |
| kJapanese |
ノ ダイ ナイ アイ すなわち の なんじ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:20 |
| kJapaneseKun |
SUNAWACHI NO |
| kJapaneseOn |
DAI AI NAI |
| kJis0 |
3921 |
| kKangXi |
0081.120 |
| kKorean |
NAY |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0035 |
| kMandarin |
nǎi |
| kMatthews |
4612 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1934 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ006375 |
| kMorohashi |
00113 |
| kNelson |
0145 |
| kPhonetic |
938 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+3307+4.1.1 |
| kRSUnicode |
4.1 |
| kSBGY |
274.16 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+8FFA<kMatthews U+5EFC<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
7.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
nǎi粵naai5 ǎi粵oi2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0035 |
| kTang |
*nəǐ nəǐ |
| kTGHZ2013 |
261.030:nǎi |
| kTotalStrokes |
2 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
nải |
| kXerox |
244:365 |
| kXHC1983 |
0814.030:nǎi |