U+5191 "冑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5191 "冑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "helmet" or "headgear," specifically a type of ancient armor worn on the head for protection in battle. It is composed of the radical "冂" (a wide enclosure) and the component "由" (meaning reason or cause), reflecting its historical association with military gear. In classical Chinese texts, the character appears in descriptions of warriors and warfare, and it remains part of modern vocabulary in East Asian languages, often used in compound words related to armor or protective equipment.

General Properties

Code Point U+5191
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 冑
HTML Hex Encoding 冑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x86 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5191
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005191
C/C++/Java Escape \u5191

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 AB60
kCCCII 213333
kCNS1986 1-5024
kCNS1992 1-5024
kCangjie LWB
kCantonese zau6
kCihaiT 165.205
kCowles 166
kDaeJaweon 0291.130
kDefinition helmet
kEACC 213333
kFanqie 直祐
kFennIndex 91.03
kFourCornerCode 5022.7
kGSR 1079i
kHangul 주:N
kHanYu 32059.090
kHanyuPinyin 32059.090:zhòu
kHKGlyph 0297
kIICore ATJHK
kIRGDaeJaweon 0291.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 32059.090
kIRGKangXi 0129.200
kIRG_GSource GE-316D
kIRG_HSource HB1-AB60
kIRG_JSource J0-5149
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3751
kIRG_KSource K2-242C
kIRG_TSource T1-5024
kJapanese チュウ ジュウ かぶと よろい
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun KABUTO YOROI
kJapaneseOn CHUU
kJis0 4941
kKangXi 0129.200
kKorean CWU
kMandarin zhòu
kMatthews 1297
kMojiJoho MJ007317
kMorohashi 01537
kNelson 3747
kPhonetic 1512*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4224+13.2.7
kRSUnicode 13.7
kSBGY 435.01
kSemanticVariant U+4F37<kFenn U+80C4<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index 50.12
kSMSZD2003Readings zhòu粵zau6
kTaiwanTelegraph 0378
kTang djhiòu
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 HJMT