U+515F "兟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+515F "兟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character composed of two "先" (xiān, meaning "first" or "before") radicals stacked vertically, which together denotes the concept of "to advance" or "to proceed," often implying a sense of going forward with great effort or in a competitive manner. It is primarily encountered in classical Chinese texts rather than modern usage, reflecting an archaic or literary register where it describes the act of moving ahead eagerly or contending for progress. This character belongs to the "兄" (elder brother) radical group in the Kangxi dictionary system, and its pronunciation in modern Mandarin is approximated as "shēn" or "xiān," depending on dialectal or historical variations. Due to its low frequency, it is not included in commonly used character lists like the Xiandai Hanyu Changyong Zibiao, making it a niche but historically interesting element of the CJK Unified Ideographs block.

General Properties

Code Point	U+515F
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	兟
HTML Hex Encoding	兟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x85 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x515F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000515F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u515f

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

kBigFive	D860
kCCCII	216958
kCNS1986	2-3A44
kCNS1992	2-3A44
kCangjie	HUHGU
kCantonese	san1
kCihaiT	140.601
kDaeJaweon	0266.030
kDefinition	to advance
kEACC	216958
kFanqie	所臻
kFourCornerCode	2421.1
kGB3	4140
kHanYu	10274.020
kHanyuPinyin	10274.020:shēn
kIRGDaeJaweon	0266.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10274.020
kIRGKangXi	0125.210
kIRG_GSource	G3-4948
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D860
kIRG_JSource	J1-326C
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3727
kIRG_KSource	K2-2421
kIRG_TSource	T2-3A44
kJapanese	シン
kJapaneseKun	SUSUMU
kJapaneseOn	SHIN
kJis1	1876
kKangXi	0125.210
kKorean	SIN
kMandarin	shēn
kMojiJoho	MJ007254
kMorohashi	01391
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14349+10.2.10
kRSUnicode	10.10
kSBGY	109.14
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT