U+5304 "匄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
匄
U+5304 "匄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or archaic Chinese character that historically means to beg, to request, or to give alms. It is composed of the radical "勹" (wrapping or enclosing) and a phonetic component, and it appears in classical texts such as the *Shuowen Jiezi* dictionary, where it is defined as seeking or obtaining something from others. In modern usage, this character is largely obsolete, having been largely supplanted by more common forms like "丐" (gài) for the concept of begging, and it is encountered primarily in historical or literary contexts. The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 20 (勹) and has a total of 5 strokes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5304 |
| 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 | 匄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 匄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8C 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5304 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005304 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5304 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 216C68 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2222 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2222 |
| kCangjie | XPYV |
| kCantonese | koi3 |
| kCihaiT | 200.503 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0340.010 |
| kDefinition | to beg for alms; a beggar |
| kHanYu | 10257.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10257.050:gài |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0340.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10257.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0150.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3266 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-007755 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3867 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2222 |
| kJapanese | カツ あたえる |
| kJapaneseKun | MOTOMERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAI |
| kKangXi | 0150.260 |
| kKorean | KAY KAL |
| kMandarin | gài |
| kMatthews | 3194 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007755 MJ007755:E0100 MJ007756:E0101 |
| kMorohashi | 02505 02505:E0100 |
| kPhonetic | 644 |
| kRSUnicode | 20.3 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5303<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 70.08 |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kXHC1983 | 0352.040:gài |