U+507C "偼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+507C "偼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that is often used in Japanese as a variant form of the kanji "候" (そうろう, sōrō), a classical expression meaning "to serve," "to wait upon," or "to be in attendance," and also appears in historical or formal written language. In modern contexts, this character is primarily encountered in Japanese personal names, place names, or archaic texts, though it is considered a less common form that can be found in historical documents or as a component in some compound words. Its usage reflects the complex evolution of CJK characters across different East Asian scripts, particularly highlighting how certain characters adopted specialized or shortened forms in Japanese compared to their traditional Chinese counterparts.

General Properties

Code Point U+507C
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 偼
HTML Hex Encoding 偼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x81 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x507C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000507C
C/C++/Java Escape \u507c

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

kCCCII 216733
kCNS1986 E-3446
kCNS1992 3-3446
kCangjie OYSO
kCantonese zit3
kHanYu 10189.011
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10189.011
kIRGKangXi 0112.071
kIRG_GSource GE-312C
kIRG_JSource JMJ-006960
kIRG_MSource MD-507C
kIRG_TSource T3-3446
kJapanese ショウ
kKangXi 0112.071
kMandarin jié
kMojiJoho MJ006960
kMorohashi 00925
kRSUnicode 9.9
kTotalStrokes 11