U+53C5 "叅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
叅
U+53C5 "叅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and literary contexts, primarily functioning as a variant of the more common character 參 (cān), which carries meanings related to joining, participating, consulting, or referring to something. Its structure combines components that suggest involvement or comparison, and historically it appeared in classical texts and calligraphy as an alternative glyph. In modern usage, it is far less frequent than its standard counterpart and is often encountered in historical documents, names, or specialized typographic settings where traditional character forms are preserved.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+53C5 |
| 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 | 叅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 叅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8F 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x53C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000053C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u53c5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 216E37 |
| kCNS1986 | E-3A29 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3A29 |
| kCangjie | IIIP |
| kCantonese | caam1 |
| kCihaiT | 233.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0374.020 |
| kDefinition | to counsel, to consult together; to take part in; to intervene |
| kFennIndex | 542.08 550.03 |
| kHangul | 참:1 |
| kHanYu | 10389.050 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0374.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10389.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0164.310 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-332D |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FAE3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-3458 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3902 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6E56 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3A29 |
| kJapanese | サン まいる |
| kJapaneseKun | MAIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAN |
| kJis1 | 2056 |
| kKangXi | 0164.310 |
| kKorean | CHAM |
| kMandarin | cān |
| kMatthews | 6685 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007984 |
| kMorohashi | 03100 |
| kPhonetic | 23 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19218+28.2.10 C+19218+61.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 28.10 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+53C3<kMatthews |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+53C3<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0640 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |
| kXerox | 323:351 |