U+5112 "儒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
儒
U+5112 "儒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the concept of Confucianism or a Confucian scholar, derived from the radical for "person" combined with the phonetic component "需" suggesting need or waiting. In classical and modern usage, it denotes a follower of Confucius' teachings, emphasizing moral education, ritual propriety, and social harmony, and it appears prominently in terms like "儒家" (Rújiā) for the Confucian school of thought and "儒生" (Rúshēng) for a learned scholar. The character thus carries deep cultural and philosophical significance, symbolizing the enduring influence of Confucian ideals in East Asian societies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5112 |
| 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 | 儒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 儒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x84 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5112 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005112 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5112 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BEA7 |
| kCCCII | 213264 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7030 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7030 |
| kCangjie | OMBB |
| kCantonese | jyu4 |
| kCihaiT | 129.103 |
| kCowles | 4878 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0253.080 |
| kDefinition | Confucian scholar |
| kEACC | 213264 |
| kFanqie | 人朱 |
| kFenn | 613D |
| kFennIndex | 231.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2122.7 |
| kGB0 | 4069 |
| kGB1 | 4069 |
| kGSR | 0134c |
| kHangul | 유:0E |
| kHanYu | 10230.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10230.090:rú |
| kHKGlyph | 0251 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0253.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10230.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0119.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4865 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BEA7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3C74 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FBB3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A63 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7030 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C33 |
| kJapanese | ジュ ニュ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3361 |
| kJapaneseKun | YAWARAKA URUOSU SHITAGAU |
| kJapaneseOn | JU |
| kJis0 | 2884 |
| kKangXi | 0119.300 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kLau | 3528 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0320 |
| kMandarin | rú |
| kMatthews | 3145 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3626 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007149 |
| kMorohashi | 01220 |
| kNelson | 0561 |
| kPhonetic | 1250 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2336+9.2.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.14 |
| kSBGY | 075.16 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+3435 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 42.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | rú粵jyu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0320 |
| kTang | *njio njio |
| kTGHZ2013 | 316.140:rú |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nho |
| kXerox | 257:111 |
| kXHC1983 | 0971.070:rú |