U+53D3 "叓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+53D3 "叓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that historically functioned as a variant form of the more common character "事" (shì), which means "matter," "affair," "work," or "service." In classical Chinese texts, "叓" is an old, alternative way to write the concept of duty or official business, though it is seldom used in modern writing and has largely been replaced by its simpler counterpart. Its structure combines elements related to handling or managing affairs, and its presence in the Unicode standard ensures that ancient or specialized documents containing this character can be digitally represented and preserved.

General Properties

Code Point U+53D3
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 叓
HTML Hex Encoding 叓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x8F 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x53D3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000053D3
C/C++/Java Escape \u53d3

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 2D3050
kCangjie JLE
kCantonese si6
kDaeJaweon 0376.160
kDefinition affair, matter; work
kHanYu 10394.100
kHanyuPinyin 10394.100:shì,lì
kIRGDaeJaweon 0376.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10394.100
kIRGKangXi 0165.360
kIRG_GSource GE-3331
kIRG_JSource J1-345B
kIRG_TSource T4-234F
kJapanese シ ジ こと
kJapaneseKun KOTO
kJapaneseOn SHI ZU
kJis1 2059
kKangXi 0165.360
kKorean SA
kMandarin shì
kMojiJoho MJ008000
kMorohashi 03146
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21246+29.2.5
kRSUnicode 29.5
kTotalStrokes 7