U+535D "卝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

卝

U+535D "卝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a specialized meaning, primarily referring to a young servant or a gentle, tender person, and it is also historically used to denote an apprentice or youthful attendant. This character is composed of a specific radical and stroke arrangement, and it appears in classical Chinese texts and dictionaries such as the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is listed under the radical for "cliff" or related components. In modern usage, "卝" is considered rare or obsolete, often replaced by more common characters, but it remains of interest for calligraphy, historical linguistics, and the study of ancient Chinese writing. Its pronunciation in Mandarin is typically given as "kuàng" or "guàng," reflecting its varied usage across different historical periods and regional dialects.

General Properties

Code Point	U+535D
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	卝
HTML Hex Encoding	卝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8D 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x535D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000535D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u535d

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

kCCCII	216D4B
kCNS1986	E-215A
kCNS1992	3-215A
kCangjie	XT
kCihaiT	223.501
kDaeJaweon	0361.160
kDefinition	hair style; ore
kEACC	216D4B
kFanqie	乎䁝
kGB5	1712
kHanYu	10092.020
kHanyuPinyin	10092.020:guàn,kuàng
kIRGDaeJaweon	0361.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10092.020
kIRGKangXi	0157.270
kIRG_GSource	G5-312C
kIRG_HSource	H-8BE3
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007867
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-38B3
kIRG_KSource	K2-256B
kIRG_TSource	T3-215A
kJapanese	コウオウカンあげまき
kJapaneseKun	AGEMAKI ITOKENAI ARAGANE
kJapaneseOn	KAN KOU OU
kKangXi	0157.270
kKorean	KWAN
kMandarin	kuàng
kMojiJoho	MJ007867
kMorohashi	02777
kRSUnicode	25.2
kSBGY	317.20
kSpoofingVariant	U+5344 U+8279
kTotalStrokes	4
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXHC1983	0661.040:kuàng