U+535F "卟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

卟

U+535F "卟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a phonetic component or a transliteration symbol in modern Chinese, often used to represent the sound "bu" in foreign names or loanwords. Historically, it appears in classical Chinese texts with meanings related to "divination" or "to consult an oracle," deriving from its composition of the "卜" (divination) radical with a simple mouth or speech component. In contemporary usage, it is most commonly encountered in the reduplicated form "卟卟" to mimic a gentle sound or beep, or in the context of onomatopoeia. This character is not frequently used in standard vocabulary but remains part of the CJK unified ideograph set, supporting East Asian text encoding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+535F
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	卟
HTML Hex Encoding	卟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8D 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x535F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000535F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u535f

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	216E58
kCNS1986	E-2227
kCNS1992	3-2227
kCangjie	RY
kCantonese	buk1
kCihaiT	223.601
kCowles	3401
kDaeJaweon	0361.180
kDefinition	a chemical compound; divination; to consider
kEACC	216E58
kFanqie	古奚康禮
kFourCornerCode	6300
kGB0	6318
kGB1	6318
kGSR	0587a
kHanYu	10093.020
kHanyuPinyin	10093.020:jī,bǔ
kIICore	CG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0361.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10093.020
kIRGKangXi	0157.290
kIRG_GSource	G0-5F32
kIRG_HSource	H-8B61
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007870
kIRG_TSource	T3-2227
kJapanese	ケイ
kTGH	2013:3538
kKangXi	0157.290
kKorean	KEY
kMandarin	bǔ
kMeyerWempe	1105a 2513
kMojiJoho	MJ007870
kMorohashi	02779
kRSUnicode	25.3 30.2
kSBGY	089.12 269.45
kSMSZD2003Index	89.09 76.13
kSMSZD2003Readings	bǔ粵buk1
kTGHZ2013	028.140:bǔ
kTotalStrokes	5
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXerox	317:170
kXHC1983	0087.010:bǔ