U+53CB "友" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
友
U+53CB "友" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "friend" or "companion." Its structure combines the radical for "hand" or "right hand" with another hand, suggesting the idea of two hands coming together in mutual assistance or friendship. This ideograph is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, appearing in common words such as "朋友" meaning "friend" in Chinese and "友達" for "friend" in Japanese. Its visual form and semantic meaning have deep cultural significance, emphasizing harmony and human connection across these writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+53CB |
| 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 | 友 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 友 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8F 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x53CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000053CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u53cb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4CD |
| kCCCII | 213522 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-452E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-452E |
| kCangjie | KE |
| kCantonese | jau5 |
| kCihaiT | 233.604 |
| kCowles | 5160 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0374.180 |
| kDefinition | friend, companion; fraternity |
| kEACC | 213522 |
| kFanqie | 云久 |
| kFenn | 186A |
| kFennIndex | 639.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4004.7 |
| kGB0 | 5149 |
| kGB1 | 5149 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0995e |
| kHangul | 우:0E |
| kHanYu | 10391.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | you(437) yǒu(275) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10391.010:yǒu |
| kHKGlyph | 0464 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0374.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10391.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0165.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5351 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4CD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D27 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FADB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6952 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-452E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E2B |
| kJapanese | ユウ ウ とも |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:97 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOMO |
| kJapaneseOn | YUU |
| kJis0 | 4507 |
| kKangXi | 0165.060 |
| kKarlgren | 249 |
| kKorean | WU |
| kLau | 3366 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0645 |
| kMandarin | yǒu |
| kMatthews | 7540 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3856 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007992 |
| kMorohashi | 03119 |
| kNelson | 0858 |
| kPhonetic | 1518 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3857+29.2.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 29.2 |
| kSBGY | 321.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 83.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yǒu粵jau5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0645 |
| kTang | hiǒu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 444.070:yǒu |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hữu |
| kXerox | 242:274 |
| kXHC1983 | 1404.020:yǒu |