U+5350 "卐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
卐
U+5350 "卐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically used as a variant of the character "卍" (wàn), which means "ten thousand" or symbolizes infinity and auspiciousness in East Asian cultures, particularly in Buddhist and Hindu traditions. It was sometimes employed as an ornamental or religious symbol on textiles, architecture, and artwork in China and Japan, representing good fortune and longevity. However, due to its visual similarity to the Nazi swastika, this character is often misunderstood in modern Western contexts, despite having no inherent connection to Nazism or antisemitism. Its usage in East Asian writing and iconography predates and remains distinct from the political symbol adopted by the Nazi party.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5350 |
| 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 | 卐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 卐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5350 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005350 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5350 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-232D |
| kCNS1992 | 3-232D |
| kCangjie | VX |
| kCantonese | maan6 |
| kDefinition | swastika, one of the auspicious signs recognized (e.g. in Chinese Tathagata Buddhism) as being on the chest of Buddha (and variously seen in statuary on the chest, soles of the feet, or palms of the hands) |
| kGB5 | 1630 |
| kHanYu | 10051.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10051.090:wàn |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10051.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0156.221 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-303E |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-007850 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-232D |
| kJapanese | バン |
| kJapaneseKun | MANJI |
| kJapaneseOn | BAN MAN |
| kKangXi | 0156.221 |
| kKorean | MAN |
| kMandarin | wàn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007850 |
| kMorohashi | 48950 |
| kNelson | 0012 |
| kRSUnicode | 24.4 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+534D |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kStrange | M:U+534D |