U+5049 "偉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
偉
U+5049 "偉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the concept of greatness, largeness, or remarkable significance, often carrying connotations of being extraordinary or majestic. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "偉大" meaning "great" and "偉人" meaning "great person" or "hero," and it is a common component in East Asian languages such as Japanese and Korean, where it retains similar meanings. The character is composed of the radical 人 (person) on the left with a complex right side that historically suggested a sense of bigness or prominence, reflecting its role in describing exceptional qualities or achievements.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5049 |
| 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 | 偉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 偉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x81 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5049 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005049 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5049 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0B6 |
| kCCCII | 213233 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5879 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5879 |
| kCangjie | ODMQ |
| kCantonese | wai5 |
| kCihaiT | 117.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0234.020 |
| kDefinition | great, robust; extraordinary |
| kEACC | 213233 |
| kFanqie | 于鬼 |
| kFenn | 764F |
| kFennIndex | 598.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2425.6 |
| kGB1 | 4616 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0571f |
| kHangul | 위:0E |
| kHanYu | 10198.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wěi(575) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10198.040:wěi |
| kHKGlyph | 0206 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0234.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10198.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0110.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4E30 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0B6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-304E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FDC2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A49 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5879 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4B6C |
| kJapanese | イ えらい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | ERAI |
| kJapaneseOn | I |
| kJis0 | 1646 |
| kKangXi | 0110.050 |
| kKorean | WI |
| kLau | 3208 |
| kMandarin | wěi |
| kMatthews | 7081 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3723f |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006899 MJ006899:E0102 MJ006898:E0103 MJ006900:E0105 |
| kMorohashi | 00837:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0506 |
| kPhonetic | 1433 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1170+9.2.10 C+1170+178.10.2 V+13409+9.2.10 V+13409+178.10.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.9 |
| kSBGY | 255.26 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "伟" U+4F1F CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 35.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wěi粵wai5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0251 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | vĩ |
| kXerox | 247:163 |
| kXHC1983 | 1197.051:wěi |