U+5372 "卲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5372 "卲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a surname in modern usage, though historically it held additional meanings. It is pronounced as "shào" in Mandarin and appears in classical texts, sometimes as a variant of the character "邵" which itself can denote a place name or a respectful title. The character is composed of a left radical "卩" (seal) and a right component "召" (to call, to summon), reflecting its etymological roots in ancient Chinese script. In Unicode, it is classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is rarely used in contemporary writing, serving more as a historical or linguistic curiosity rather than a common logograph.

General Properties

Code Point U+5372
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 卲
HTML Hex Encoding 卲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x8D 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5372
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005372
C/C++/Java Escape \u5372

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

kBigFive CA73
kCCCII 216D57
kCNS1986 2-2335
kCNS1992 2-2335
kCangjie SRSL
kCantonese siu6
kCihaiT 226.601
kDaeJaweon 0364.060
kDefinition eminent, lofty; beautiful; surname
kEACC 216D57
kFanqie 寔照
kFourCornerCode 1762.0
kGB3 1875
kGSR 1131t
kHangul 소:1N
kHanYu 10313.030
kHanyuPinyin 10313.030:shào
kIBMJapan FA8C
kIRGDaeJaweon 0364.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10313.030
kIRGKangXi 0159.170
kIRG_GSource G3-326B
kIRG_HSource HB2-CA73
kIRG_JSource J1-3440
kIRG_KPSource KP1-38C3
kIRG_KSource K1-6466
kIRG_TSource T2-2335
kIRG_VSource V1-4D77
kJapanese ショウ ジョウ
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun TAKAI
kJapaneseOn SHOU JOU
kJis1 2032
kKangXi 0159.170
kKorean SO
kMandarin shào
kMatthews 5688
kMeyerWempe 2748a
kMojiJoho MJ007890
kMorohashi 02854
kPhonetic 219
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+8406+26.2.5
kRSUnicode 26.5
kSBGY 414.08
kSMSZD2003Index 78.03
kTaiwanTelegraph 0605
kTotalStrokes 7
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kVietnamese ngoẹo
kXerox 271:270
kXHC1983 1009.070:shào