U+5389 "厉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

厉

U+5389 "厉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "severe," "strict," "fierce," or "harsh" in modern Mandarin, and it also carries historical connotations related to urging or driving force. Composed of the radical for "cliff" (厂) and the phonetic component "万" (wan), it is commonly used in words like "严厉" (stern) and "厉害" (impressive or intense). This character plays a significant role in Chinese as a descriptor for intensity, rigor, or danger, appearing in both formal and colloquial contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5389
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	厉
HTML Hex Encoding	厉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8E 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5389
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005389
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5389

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	27347B
kCNS1986	E-2229
kCNS1992	3-2229
kCangjie	MMS
kCantonese	lai6
kDaeJaweon	0367.110
kDefinition	whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet
kEACC	27347B
kFourCornerCode	7122
kGB0	3287
kHanYu	10068.080
kHanyuPinlu	lì(146)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0367.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10068.080
kIRGKangXi	0160.251
kIRG_GSource	G0-4077
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007924
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-38D5
kIRG_TSource	T3-2229
kJapanese	レイはげしい
kTGH	2013:215
kJapaneseOn	REI
kKangXi	0160.251
kKorean	LYE
kMainlandTelegraph	0632
kMandarin	lì
kMojiJoho	MJ007924
kMorohashi	02902
kPhonetic	773 866*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14288+27.2.3
kRSUnicode	27.3
kSimplifiedVariant	"厉" U+5389 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	79.08
kTGHZ2013	216.150:lì
kTotalStrokes	5
kTraditionalVariant	"厉" U+5389 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "厲" U+53B2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0697.130:lì