U+4F5E "佞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+4F5E "佞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to flatter," "to be skilled in flattering speech," or "to be insincere and eloquent in a deceptive way," often carrying a negative connotation of cunning or glibness used for personal gain. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "person" on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its semantic field related to human behavior. In classical Chinese texts, it is frequently used to describe sycophantic courtiers or individuals who use smooth talk to manipulate others, contrasting with virtuous sincerity. The character's usage has persisted into modern Mandarin, where it appears in compound words like "奸佞" (wicked and flattering) to denote treacherous or unprincipled people who employ deceptive charm.

General Properties

Code Point U+4F5E
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 佞
HTML Hex Encoding 佞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE4 0xBD 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x4F5E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00004F5E
C/C++/Java Escape \u4f5e

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 A6F0
kCCCII 213130
kCNS1986 1-4871
kCNS1992 1-4871
kCangjie OMMV
kCantonese ning6
kCihaiT 100.201
kCowles 2905
kDaeJaweon 0211.020
kDefinition flattery; glib
kEACC 213130
kFanqie 乃定
kFenn 552I
kFennIndex 365.09
kFourCornerCode 2124.4
kGB0 5690
kGB1 5690
kGSR 0838a
kHangul 녕:1N
kHanYu 10129.100
kHanyuPinyin 10129.100:nìng
kHKGlyph 0108
kIICore AGTJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon 0211.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10129.100
kIRGKangXi 0099.110
kIRG_GSource G0-587A
kIRG_HSource HB1-A6F0
kIRG_JSource J0-5524
kIRG_KPSource KP1-34EA
kIRG_KSource K1-5C3F
kIRG_TSource T1-4871
kIRG_VSource V1-4B34
kJapanese ネイ デイ おもねる よこしま
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:3728
kJapaneseKun OMONERU YOKOSHIMA
kJapaneseOn NEI DEI
kJis0 5304
kKangXi 0099.110
kKorean NYENG
kMainlandTelegraph 0156
kMandarin nìng
kMatthews 4723
kMeyerWempe 2091a
kMojiJoho MJ006649
kMorohashi 00521
kNelson 0400
kPhonetic 1486
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4563+9.2.5
kRSUnicode 9.5
kSBGY 431.46
kSMSZD2003Index 25.11
kSMSZD2003Readings nìng粵ning6
kTaiwanTelegraph 0156
kTGHZ2013 269.010:nìng
kTotalStrokes 7
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kVietnamese nịnh
kXerox 272:143
kXHC1983 0836.050:nìng