U+516E "兮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
兮
U+516E "兮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as a classical literary particle, most often used in ancient poetry and prose to indicate a pause or exclamation, similar to the modern "啊" (a). It appears frequently in famous works such as the "Chu Ci" (Songs of the South) where it adds rhythmic and emotional emphasis, and it also serves as a component in some compound words. In modern usage, "兮" is rarely employed in everyday speech but retains a strong presence in historical texts, traditional idioms, and calligraphy, carrying a distinctly archaic and lyrical tone that evokes classical Chinese aesthetics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+516E |
| 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 | 兮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 兮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x516E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000516E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u516e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4BC |
| kCCCII | 213326 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-447B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-447B |
| kCangjie | CMVS |
| kCantonese | hai4 |
| kCihaiT | 160.501 |
| kCowles | 966 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0283.020 |
| kDefinition | exclamatory particle |
| kEACC | 213326 |
| kFanqie | 胡雞 |
| kFenn | 240G |
| kFennIndex | 160.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8020.7 |
| kGB0 | 5766 |
| kGB1 | 5766 |
| kGSR | 1241d |
| kHangul | 혜:0E |
| kHanYu | 10241.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10241.060:xī |
| kHKGlyph | 0284 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0283.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10241.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0127.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5962 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4BC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5142 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F5D3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7B31 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-447B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C4A |
| kJapanese | ケイ ゲイ |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3518 |
| kJapaneseKun | NO |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI |
| kJis0 | 4934 |
| kKangXi | 0127.030 |
| kKarlgren | 123 |
| kKorean | HYEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0363 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2414 |
| kMeyerWempe | 654a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007278 MJ007278:E0101 MJ007279:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 01455 01455:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 424 428 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4217+12.2.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 12.2 |
| kSBGY | 089.29 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+20503<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 48.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵hai4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0363 |
| kTang | *hei hei |
| kTGHZ2013 | 391.020:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hề |
| kXerox | 262:107 |
| kXHC1983 | 1231.030:xī |