U+5219 "则" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5219 "则" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a noun meaning "rule," "standard," or "principle," and as a conjunction meaning "then" or "therefore" in classical and modern Chinese texts. Originating from ancient scripts, it is composed of the radical for "knife" or "cutting" on the right and a phonetic component on the left, reflecting its historical association with regulations or codes that guide behavior and judgment. This character is widely used in formal writing, legal documents, and compound words such as "原则" (principle) and "规则" (regulation), embodying a foundational concept of order and logic in the Chinese language.

General Properties

Code Point U+5219
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 则
HTML Hex Encoding 则
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x88 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5219
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005219
C/C++/Java Escape \u5219

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

kCCCII 27336D
kCangjie BOLN
kCantonese zak1
kDefinition rule, law, regulation; grades
kEACC 27336D
kFourCornerCode 7280
kGB0 5282
kHanYu 10326.050
kHanyuPinlu zé(535)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10326.050
kIRGKangXi 0137.301
kIRG_GSource G0-5472
kTGH 2013:440
kKangXi 0137.301
kMainlandTelegraph 0463
kMandarin
kRSUnicode 18.4
kSMSZD2003Index 57.07
kTGHZ2013 460.020:zé
kTotalStrokes 6
kTraditionalVariant "則" U+5247 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1444.090:zé