U+5144 "兄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
兄
U+5144 "兄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, meaning “elder brother” or “older sibling.” It carries connotations of respect and seniority within familial and social hierarchies, and in classical texts it can also denote a male peer or a senior figure. The character’s visual composition features an upright radical reminiscent of a person, with a horizontal stroke suggesting authority or speech, reflecting its role in kinship terminology across East Asian cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5144 |
| 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 | 兄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 兄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5144 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005144 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5144 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A553 |
| kCCCII | 213270 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4573 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4573 |
| kCangjie | RHU |
| kCantonese | hing1 |
| kCihaiT | 133.502 |
| kCowles | 1070 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0259.030 |
| kDefinition | elder brother |
| kEACC | 213270 |
| kFanqie | 許榮 |
| kFenn | 755A |
| kFennIndex | 188.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6021.0 |
| kGB0 | 4854 |
| kGB1 | 4854 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0765a |
| kHangul | 형:0E |
| kHanYu | 10266.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiōng(97) xiong(25) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10266.040:xiōng,kuàng |
| kHKGlyph | 0263 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0259.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10266.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0123.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5056 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A553 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-373B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A7C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4573 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C38 |
| kJapanese | ケイ キョウ あに え |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:250 |
| kJapaneseKun | ANI E |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI KYOU |
| kJis0 | 2327 |
| kKangXi | 0123.090 |
| kKarlgren | 163 |
| kKorean | HYENG |
| kLau | 1181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0338 |
| kMandarin | xiōng |
| kMatthews | 2807 |
| kMeyerWempe | 724 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007214 |
| kMorohashi | 01343 |
| kNelson | 0875 |
| kPhonetic | 474 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1809+10.2.3 C+1809+30.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 10.3 |
| kSBGY | 186.34 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 43.13 89.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiōng粵hing1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0338 |
| kTang | *xiuæng xiuæng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 410.030:xiōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | huynh |
| kXerox | 244:300 |
| kXHC1983 | 1293.030:xiōng |