U+4F3A "伺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
伺
U+4F3A "伺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily conveys the meanings of "to wait," "to watch closely," or "to examine." It is composed of two components: the radical 亻 (person) on the left, indicating a human action or relationship, and the phonetic element 司 (sī), which suggests the pronunciation and also carries connotations of management or control. In classical and modern Chinese, this character appears in words such as 伺候 (cìhou, meaning "to serve" or "to wait upon") and 伺机 (sìjī, meaning "to watch for an opportunity"). The character's usage spans contexts from respectful service to strategic observation, reflecting a nuanced role in written Chinese across historical and contemporary texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4F3A |
| 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 | 伺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 伺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBC 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4F3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004F3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4f3a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6F8 |
| kCCCII | 21312F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4879 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4879 |
| kCangjie | OSMR |
| kCantonese | zi6 |
| kCihaiT | 95.102 |
| kCowles | 4676 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0205.140 |
| kDefinition | serve, wait upon, attend; examine |
| kEACC | 21312F |
| kFanqie | 息兹 相吏 |
| kFenn | 701E |
| kFennIndex | 482.11 589.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2722.0 |
| kGB0 | 4337 |
| kGB1 | 4337 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0972f |
| kHangul | 사:0N |
| kHanYu | 10139.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | cì(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10139.050:sì,cì |
| kHKGlyph | 0116 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0205.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10139.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0097.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B45 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6F8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B47 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0C9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E43 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4879 |
| kJapanese | シ うかがう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:788 |
| kJapaneseKun | UKAGAU UKAGAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 2739 |
| kKangXi | 0097.080 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 1448 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0136 |
| kMandarin | cì |
| kMatthews | 6969 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3540 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006610 |
| kMorohashi | 00483 |
| kNelson | 0395 |
| kPhonetic | 1169 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2197+9.2.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.5 |
| kSBGY | 059.32 356.43 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 23.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sì粵zi6 cì粵si6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0136 |
| kTang | siə̀ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 055.190:cì 347.070:sì |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 262:152 |
| kXHC1983 | 0177.020:cì 1090.150:sì |