U+4F22 "伢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+4F22 "伢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in informal or dialectal contexts, often representing the concept of a young child or a toddler, derived from its components that suggest a person in an early stage of growth. In Mandarin, it is pronounced "yá" and is commonly found in regional speech, such as in the word "伢仔" meaning "little boy" in southern dialects like those of Hunan or Jiangxi. This character is not typically used in formal written Chinese but appears in folklore, colloquial expressions, and some literary works that aim to capture vernacular speech. Its Unicode designation ensures that it can be consistently represented across digital platforms for linguistic and cultural documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4F22
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	伢
HTML Hex Encoding	伢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE4 0xBC 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4F22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004F22
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4f22

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

kBigFive	C9B7
kCCCII	21647C
kCNS1986	2-2176
kCNS1992	2-2176
kCangjie	OMVH
kCantonese	ngaa4
kDefinition	child
kEACC	21647C
kFourCornerCode	2724.0
kGB0	5683
kGB1	5683
kHanYu	10120.060
kHanyuPinyin	10120.060:yá
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10120.060
kIRGKangXi	0096.121
kIRG_GSource	G0-5873
kIRG_HSource	HB2-C9B7
kIRG_TSource	T2-2176
kTGH	2013:3604
kKangXi	0096.121
kMainlandTelegraph	0161
kMandarin	yá
kPhonetic	951*
kRSUnicode	9.4
kSMSZD2003Index	22.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	yá粵ngaa4
kTGHZ2013	419.110:yá
kTotalStrokes	6
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	317:147
kXHC1983	1320.050:yá