U+52E2 "勢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
勢
U+52E2 "勢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that also appears in Japanese and Korean, primarily meaning "power," "force," "influence," or "momentum." It is composed of the radical "力" (strength) on the bottom, combined with a phonetic component on top, and is commonly used in words like "勢力" (shìlì, meaning influence or power) and "情勢" (jōsei, meaning situation or circumstances in Japanese). This character often conveys a sense of dynamic energy or prevailing conditions, and it is widely recognized across East Asian languages as a key element in expressing concepts related to dominance, potential, or natural tendencies, such as in the martial arts term "気勢" (kisei, meaning fighting spirit).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+52E2 |
| 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 | 勢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 勢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8B 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x52E2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000052E2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u52e2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B6D5 |
| kCCCII | 213438 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-633C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-633C |
| kCangjie | GIKS |
| kCantonese | sai3 |
| kCihaiT | 199.203 |
| kCowles | 3819 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0336.110 |
| kDefinition | power, force; tendency |
| kEACC | 213438 |
| kFanqie | 舒制 |
| kFenn | 305D |
| kFennIndex | 456.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4542.7 |
| kGB1 | 4238 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0330l |
| kHangul | 세:0E |
| kHanYu | 10377.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shì(442) shi(10) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10377.030:shì |
| kHKGlyph | 0397 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0336.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10377.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0149.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4A46 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B6D5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-402A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5FA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6127 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-633C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D4D |
| kJapanese | セイ いきおい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | IKIOI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI SE |
| kJis0 | 3210 |
| kKangXi | 0149.040 |
| kKarlgren | 198 |
| kKorean | SEY |
| kLau | 2638 |
| kMandarin | shì |
| kMatthews | 5799 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2616 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007708 |
| kMorohashi | 02422 |
| kNelson | 0735 |
| kPhonetic | 962 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2638+19.2.11 V+13866+19.2.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 19.11 |
| kSBGY | 379.07 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "势" U+52BF CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 68.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shì粵sai3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0528 |
| kTang | *shiɛ̀i |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thế |
| kXerox | 243:172 |
| kXHC1983 | 1052.031:shì |