U+534E "华" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
华
U+534E "华" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that conveys meanings related to splendor, prosperity, and flowering, often used as a shorthand for China or Chinese culture, as seen in terms like "中华" (Zhonghua) meaning the Chinese nation. Its traditional form is "華", and across historical contexts it represents both the concept of something magnificent or flourishing and serves as a surname. In modern usage, it appears in compound words such as "华丽" (huá lì, gorgeous) and "华侨" (huá qiáo, overseas Chinese), reflecting its enduring role as a symbol of cultural identity and beauty in the Chinese writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+534E |
| 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 | 华 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 华 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x534E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000534E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u534e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27553C |
| kCangjie | OPJ |
| kCantonese | waa4 |
| kDefinition | flowery; illustrious; Chinese |
| kEACC | 27553C |
| kFourCornerCode | 2440 |
| kGB0 | 2710 |
| kHanYu | 10060.170 |
| kHanyuPinlu | huá(29) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10060.170 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0156.221 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3B2A |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8958 |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-222C |
| kTGH | 2013:472 |
| kKangXi | 0156.221 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5478 |
| kMandarin | huá |
| kPhonetic | 1410 |
| kRSUnicode | 24.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 74.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 142.160:huá 143.080:huà |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "華" U+83EF CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0483.030:huá 0487.010:huà |