U+52BF "势" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+52BF "势" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally denotes power, influence, momentum, or a situation's inherent tendency or potential. It is a simplified form of the traditional character "勢" (U+52E2), composed of elements suggesting strength or force and a semantic component related to execution or action. In various contexts, "势" conveys the dynamic energy or strategic advantage of a configuration, such as the momentum of a moving object, the leverage in a political or social situation, or the specific posture or stance in martial arts and calligraphy. Its usage is pivotal in classical Chinese philosophy and strategy, including the Daoist concept of natural force and Sun Tzu's "Art of War," where it describes the advantageous position a commander must create to achieve victory with minimal effort.

General Properties

Code Point	U+52BF
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	势
HTML Hex Encoding	势
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8A 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x52BF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000052BF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u52bf

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	273438
kCNS1986	E-2762
kCNS1992	3-2762
kCangjie	QIKS
kCantonese	sai3
kDaeJaweon	0332.030
kDefinition	power, force; tendency
kEACC	273438
kFourCornerCode	5542
kGB0	4238
kHanYu	10369.120
kHanyuPinlu	shì(442) shi(10)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0332.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10369.120
kIRGKangXi	0147.231
kIRG_GSource	G0-4A46
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007657
kIRG_TSource	T3-2762
kJapanese	セイ いきおい
kTGH	2013:977
kJapaneseOn	SEI
kKangXi	0147.231
kMainlandTelegraph	0528
kMandarin	shì
kMojiJoho	MJ007657
kMorohashi	02347
kPhonetic	962
kRSUnicode	19.6
kSimplifiedVariant	"势" U+52BF CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	66.15
kTGHZ2013	337.010:shì
kTotalStrokes	8
kTraditionalVariant	"势" U+52BF CJK Unified Ideograph-# "勢" U+52E2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1052.030:shì