U+5317 "北" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5317 "北" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "north." It is composed of two radicals that visually suggest two people back to back, evoking the idea of turning one's back, from which the directional meaning of north is derived in historical Chinese thought. This character is widely used in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, appearing in common words such as "north" (北方, běifāng) and "Beijing" (北京, Běijīng), the capital of China whose name literally means "northern capital." As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, it follows a standardized form across multiple languages, enabling shared digital representation in text processing and international communication.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
北 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
北 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x8C 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5317 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005317 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5317 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A55F |
| kCCCII |
213449 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4621 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4621 |
| kCangjie |
LMP |
| kCantonese |
bak1 |
| kCihaiT |
203.202 |
| kCowles |
3215 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0342.060 |
| kDefinition |
north; northern; northward |
| kEACC |
213449 |
| kFanqie |
博墨 |
| kFenn |
321A |
| kFennIndex |
391.04 419.05 |
| kFourCornerCode |
1111.0 |
| kGB0 |
1717 |
| kGB1 |
1717 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0909a |
| kHangul |
배:0N 북:0E |
| kHanYu |
10262.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
běi(726) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10262.040:bèi,běi |
| kHKGlyph |
0411 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0342.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10262.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0152.250 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-3131 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A55F |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4B4C |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-DFAA |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-5D41 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4621 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V2-8A5A |
| kJapanese |
ホク ハイ ヘ きた にげる |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kTGH |
2013:227 |
| kJapaneseKun |
KITA NIGERU |
| kJapaneseOn |
HOKU HAI |
| kJis0 |
4344 |
| kKangXi |
0152.250 |
| kKorean |
PWUK PEY |
| kLau |
63 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0554 |
| kMandarin |
běi |
| kMatthews |
4974 |
| kMeyerWempe |
2270 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ007780 MJ007780:E0101 MJ007781:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
02574 02574:E0101 48945:E0102 |
| kNelson |
0020 0751 |
| kPhonetic |
1014 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+3706+21.2.3 |
| kRSUnicode |
21.3 |
| kSBGY |
530.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
71.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
běi粵bak1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0554 |
| kTang |
*bək |
| kTGHZ2013 |
014.050:běi |
| kTotalStrokes |
5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kXerox |
241:347 |
| kXHC1983 |
0045.050:běi |