U+51E4 "凤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
凤
U+51E4 "凤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the legendary fenghuang, often called the Chinese phoenix in English. This mythical bird is a symbol of high virtue, grace, and prosperity in East Asian cultures, and it is traditionally associated with the empress in imperial China, serving as a yin counterpart to the dragon symbolizing the emperor. The character itself is composed of the “几” enclosure and a simplified depiction of a bird, reflecting its avian nature. Today, it is commonly used in names, poetry, and idioms to convey auspiciousness and beauty.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+51E4 |
| 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 | 凤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 凤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x87 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x51E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000051E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u51e4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276233 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2151 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2151 |
| kCangjie | HNE |
| kCantonese | fung6 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0299.130 |
| kDefinition | male phoenix; symbol of joy |
| kEACC | 276233 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7721 |
| kGB0 | 2379 |
| kHanYu | 10276.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | fèng(16) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0299.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10276.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0134.031 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-376F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8954 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-007420 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2151 |
| kJapanese | ホウ |
| kTGH | 2013:159 |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU |
| kKangXi | 0134.031 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7685 |
| kMandarin | fèng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007420 |
| kMorohashi | 01743 |
| kPhonetic | 408 |
| kRSUnicode | 16.2 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "凤" U+51E4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 54.04 83.07 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 098.160:fèng |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "凤" U+51E4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "鳳" U+9CF3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0332.060:fèng |