U+4E5C "乜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
乜
U+4E5C "乜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a complex history, primarily used in Cantonese and Classical Chinese. In Cantonese, it functions as a common interrogative pronoun meaning "what" or "who," often appearing in conversational phrases and informal writing, though it is less frequently used in modern Mandarin. Historically, the character has also served as a surname in Chinese culture. Its structure consists of a single horizontal stroke above a bent vertical line, making it a relatively simple yet distinctive character within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs set.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E5C |
| 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 | 乜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 乜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB9 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e5c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C941 |
| kCCCII | 21643C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2122 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2122 |
| kCangjie | PN |
| kCantonese | mat1 |
| kCheungBauer | 005/01;PN;mat1 |
| kCheungBauerIndex | 338.04 |
| kCihaiT | 48.505 |
| kCowles | 2635 2672 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0168.010 |
| kDefinition | to squint; (Cant.) what? huh? |
| kEACC | 21643C |
| kFanqie | 彌也 |
| kFenn | 297I |
| kFennIndex | 340.11 362.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4771.2 |
| kGB0 | 5631 |
| kGB1 | 5631 |
| kHanYu | 10049.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10049.090:miē,niè |
| kIICore | BTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0168.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10049.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0083.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-583F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-C941 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-3035 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-344B |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-213A |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2122 |
| kJapanese | バ メ |
| kTGH | 2013:3502 |
| kJapaneseKun | YABUNIRAMI |
| kJapaneseOn | BA ME |
| kJis1 | 1621 |
| kKangXi | 0083.180 |
| kKorean | MYA |
| kLau | 2105 2135 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0045 |
| kMandarin | miē |
| kMatthews | 4481 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1790 1820a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006403 |
| kMorohashi | 00166 |
| kPhonetic | 882 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+21076+5.1.1 |
| kRSUnicode | 5.1 |
| kSBGY | 308.33 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 9.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | niè粵ne6 miē粵me1 miē粵mat1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0045 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 253.060:miē 267.070:niè |
| kTotalStrokes | 2 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 277:145 |
| kXHC1983 | 0789.030:miē 0835.080:niè |
| kStrange | B:U+31A4 |