U+5208 "刈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
刈
U+5208 "刈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that originally depicts a hand wielding a scythe or sickle, and its core meaning relates to cutting, mowing, or reaping, particularly grass or grain. This ideograph is commonly used in East Asian languages, including Japanese, where it appears in words like kari or karu for harvesting, and in Chinese, it can denote the act of cutting down vegetation. As a component in compound characters, it often conveys a sense of severing or trimming, reflecting its agricultural roots in classical texts and modern usage alike.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5208 |
| 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 | 刈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 刈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5208 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005208 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5208 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4C2 |
| kCCCII | 213354 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4523 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4523 |
| kCangjie | KLN |
| kCantonese | ngaai6 |
| kCihaiT | 177.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0307.060 |
| kDefinition | cut off, reap, mow; sickle |
| kEACC | 213354 |
| kFanqie | 魚肺 |
| kFenn | 528H |
| kFennIndex | 224.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4200.0 |
| kGB0 | 5655 |
| kGB1 | 5655 |
| kGSR | 0347b |
| kHangul | 예:0N |
| kHanYu | 10323.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10323.070:yì |
| kHKGlyph | 0329 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0307.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10323.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0136.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5857 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4C2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3422 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FCEC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6754 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4523 |
| kJapanese | カイ ガイ ゲ かる かり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3519 |
| kJapaneseKun | KARU KARI |
| kJapaneseOn | GAI |
| kJis0 | 2002 |
| kKangXi | 0136.100 |
| kKarlgren | 177 |
| kKorean | YEY |
| kLau | 2306 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0435 |
| kMandarin | yì |
| kMatthews | 2935 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2008b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007461 |
| kMorohashi | 01859 |
| kNelson | 0666 |
| kPhonetic | 954 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1502+18.2.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.2 |
| kSBGY | 391.44 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 56.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yì粵ngaai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0435 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 433.210:yì |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 267:276 |
| kXHC1983 | 1370.030:yì |