U+53F5 "叵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
叵
U+53F5 "叵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an adverb meaning "cannot" or "impossible," often used in classical or literary contexts to express a sense of prohibition or inability. It is a relatively rare character in modern Chinese, appearing more frequently in historical texts or fixed expressions. The character is composed of the radical "匚" (a box or enclosure) with the semantic component "口" (mouth) inside, and its structure suggests the idea of something being enclosed or blocked. Historically, it has been used to convey negation or difficulty, such as in the phrase "叵耐" (cannot endure).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+53F5 |
| 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 | 叵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 叵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8F 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x53F5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000053F5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u53f5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A572 |
| kCCCII | 21344B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4634 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4634 |
| kCangjie | SR |
| kCantonese | po2 |
| kCihaiT | 246.402 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0385.050 |
| kDefinition | cannot, be unable do, improbable; thereupon |
| kEACC | 21344B |
| kFanqie | 普火 |
| kFenn | 640K |
| kFennIndex | 420.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7171.6 |
| kGB0 | 5647 |
| kGB1 | 5647 |
| kHangul | 파:1N |
| kHanYu | 10082.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10082.030:pǒ |
| kHKGlyph | 0484 |
| kIICore | AGTH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0385.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10082.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0173.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-584F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A572 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2363 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3929 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7167 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4634 |
| kJapanese | ハ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3533 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,03,67 |
| kJapaneseKun | DEKINAI SUKOBURU TSUINI |
| kJapaneseOn | HA |
| kJis1 | 2067 |
| kKangXi | 0173.090 |
| kKarlgren | 24 |
| kKorean | PHA |
| kLau | 2544 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0672 |
| kMandarin | pǒ |
| kMatthews | 5349 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2440a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008045 |
| kMorohashi | 03254 |
| kPhonetic | 487 1076 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14374+22.2.3 C+14374+30.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.2 |
| kSBGY | 307.08 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5C00<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 89.04 72.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pǒ粵po2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0672 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 287.060:pǒ |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 276:323 |
| kXHC1983 | 0884.140:pǒ |