U+52A3 "劣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
劣
U+52A3 "劣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that generally means "inferior," "bad," or "of poor quality," often contrasting with "優" (excellence). It is composed of the radical 力 (strength or power) combined with 少 (few or little), visually suggesting a lack of strength or insufficient power, which metaphorically extends to denote deficiency, weakness, or low status. This character appears frequently in Classical Chinese texts as well as modern usage, forming common words like 劣勢 (adverse situation or disadvantage) and 惡劣 (vile or abominable), and it holds consistent meaning across Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese contexts when used in borrowed Chinese vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+52A3 |
| 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 | 劣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 劣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8A 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x52A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000052A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u52a3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A648 |
| kCCCII | 213427 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4749 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4749 |
| kCangjie | FHKS |
| kCantonese | lyut3 |
| kCihaiT | 194.301 |
| kCowles | 2478 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0330.060 |
| kDefinition | bad, inferior; slightly |
| kEACC | 213427 |
| kFanqie | 力輟 |
| kFenn | 223F |
| kFennIndex | 306.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9042.7 |
| kGB0 | 3351 |
| kGB1 | 3351 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHangul | 렬:0E 열:0 |
| kHanYu | 10367.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liè(26) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10367.050:liè |
| kHKGlyph | 0378 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0330.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10367.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0146.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4153 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A648 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E74 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D8B2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-562B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4749 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8A54 |
| kJapanese | レツ レチ おとる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:416 |
| kJapaneseKun | OTORU |
| kJapaneseOn | RETSU |
| kJis0 | 4684 |
| kKangXi | 0146.170 |
| kKorean | LYEL |
| kLau | 1984 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0503 |
| kMandarin | liè |
| kMatthews | 4302 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1672 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007629 |
| kMorohashi | 02302 |
| kNelson | 0185 |
| kPhonetic | 836 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4028+19.2.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 19.4 |
| kSBGY | 499.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 65.16 176.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liè粵lyut3,lyut6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0503 |
| kTang | liuɛt |
| kTGHZ2013 | 224.010:liè |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 251:376 |
| kXHC1983 | 0714.060:liè |