U+4FAC "侬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
侬
U+4FAC "侬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in Wu Chinese dialects, such as those spoken in Shanghai and surrounding regions, where it serves as a first-person pronoun meaning "I" or "me." In standard Mandarin, it is less common but can appear in classical or literary contexts, often carrying a rustic or colloquial flavor. The character combines the radical for "person" (亻) with the phonetic component "nóng" (农), reflecting its linguistic roots in regional speech. Historically, it also appears in classical poetry and texts, sometimes used to denote "you" in certain southern dialects, showcasing its versatility across different Chinese language varieties.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4FAC |
| 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 | 侬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 侬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBE 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4FAC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004FAC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4fac |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27325E |
| kCangjie | OHBV |
| kCantonese | nung4 |
| kDefinition | I; you; family name |
| kEACC | 27325E |
| kFourCornerCode | 2423 |
| kGB0 | 5715 |
| kHanYu | 10154.050 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10154.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0102.291 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-592F |
| kTGH | 2013:3966 |
| kKangXi | 0102.291 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0309 |
| kMandarin | nóng |
| kRSUnicode | 9.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 29.06 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 269.150:nóng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "儂" U+5102 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0840.040:nóng |