U+5211 "刑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
刑
U+5211 "刑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of punishment, penalty, or corporal punishment, often associated with legal or judicial contexts. Its etymological composition combines the radical for knife or blade on the right with a left component derived from a well or pit, historically suggesting the idea of cutting or inflicting harm as a form of sanction. In modern usage, it appears in words like 刑法 (criminal law) and 刑罚 (penalty), maintaining its core meaning related to legal retribution or discipline across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5211 |
| 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 | 刑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 刑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5211 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005211 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5211 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A644 |
| kCCCII | 213356 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4745 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4745 |
| kCangjie | MTLN |
| kCantonese | jing4 |
| kCihaiT | 178.402 |
| kCowles | 5231 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0308.160 |
| kDefinition | punishment, penalty; law |
| kEACC | 2D3356 |
| kFanqie | 戶經 |
| kFenn | 34aC |
| kFennIndex | 185.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1240.0 |
| kGB0 | 4844 |
| kGB1 | 4844 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0808b |
| kHangul | 형:0E |
| kHanYu | 10324.150 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xíng(115) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10324.150:xíng |
| kHKGlyph | 0332 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0308.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10324.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0137.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-504C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A644 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-373A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3E2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A7D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4745 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C77 |
| kJapanese | ケイ ギョウ しおき のり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:351 |
| kJapaneseKun | NORI SHIOKI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI GYOU |
| kJis0 | 2326 |
| kKangXi | 0137.110 |
| kKarlgren | 157 |
| kKorean | HYENG |
| kLau | 3489 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0438 |
| kMandarin | xíng |
| kMatthews | 2755 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3915 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007471 |
| kMorohashi | 01886 |
| kNelson | 0670 |
| kPhonetic | 103 1585 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1808+18.2.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.4 |
| kSBGY | 193.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 57.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xíng粵jing4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0438 |
| kTang | heng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 408.100:xíng |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hình |
| kXerox | 255:066 |
| kXHC1983 | 1288.060:xíng |