U+5219 "则" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
则
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
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 | zé |
| 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 |