U+53C0 "叀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+53C0 "叀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character with historical roots in classical texts, where it primarily conveys the meanings of spinning or weaving, as well as being associated with the concept of a spool or a reel for thread. In some ancient contexts, it also functioned as a component in compound characters or was used as a variant for other graphs, though its modern usage is extremely limited and it is not a common part of contemporary vocabulary. The character is composed of the radical for "thread" or "silk" combined with a phonetic element, reflecting its original connection to textile production in early Chinese civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+53C0
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 叀
HTML Hex Encoding 叀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x8F 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x53C0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000053C0
C/C++/Java Escape \u53c0

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 236C52
kCangjie JWI
kCantonese zyun1
kCihaiT 232.403
kDaeJaweon 0372.220
kFanqie 職緣 時釧
kGSR 0533b
kHanYu 10386.120
kHanyuPinyin 10386.120:zhuān,huì
kIRGDaeJaweon 0372.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10386.120
kIRGKangXi 0164.170
kIRG_GSource GE-332B
kIRG_JSource J14-235B
kIRG_TSource T4-2559
kJapanese セン
kJIS0213 2,03,59
kJapaneseKun TSUTSUSHIMU KAKERU
kJapaneseOn SEN
kJis1 2055
kKangXi 0164.170
kMandarin zhuān
kMojiJoho MJ007979
kMorohashi 03083
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+17339+28.2.6
kRSUnicode 28.6
kSBGY 411.57
kTotalStrokes 8