U+5358 "単" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5358 "単" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in Japanese kanji, where it is a simplified form of the traditional character 單. It means "simple," "single," or "alone," and is commonly found in compounds like 簡単 (kantan, meaning simple) and 単語 (tango, meaning vocabulary word). This character originates from Chinese, where the traditional 單 held a similar meaning, but its modern usage is most prevalent in the Japanese writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5358
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	単
HTML Hex Encoding	単
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8D 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5358
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005358
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5358

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCNS1986	E-2B4A
kCNS1992	3-2B4A
kCangjie	FWJ
kCantonese	daan1
kDaeJaweon	0360.020
kDefinition	(same as 單) single, individual, only; lone
kEACC	4B3668
kFourCornerCode	3250.6 9050.6
kHanYu	10047.031
kIICore	AJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	0360.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10047.031
kIRGKangXi	0157.051
kIRG_GSource	GE-3277
kIRG_JSource	J0-4331
kIRG_TSource	T3-2B4A
kJapanese	タン ひとえ ひとつ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kJapaneseKun	HITOE
kJapaneseOn	TAN
kJis0	3517
kKangXi	0157.051
kKorean	TAN SEN
kMandarin	dān
kMojiJoho	MJ007857
kMorohashi	02752
kNelson	0139
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2927+24.2.7 C+2927+42.3.6
kRSUnicode	24.7
kTotalStrokes	9
kUnihanCore2020	J