U+53F8 "司" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
司
U+53F8 "司" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically means "to manage" or "to take charge" and is often used in words related to official duties, administration, or organization, such as "公司" (company) or "司机" (driver). Its form consists of a radical on the left representing a mouth or speech, combined with a component on the right meaning a tool or implement, reflecting its original sense of overseeing or directing tasks. In modern usage, it appears frequently in compound terms for titles like manager or director, and is an integral part of both everyday vocabulary and formal titles in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+53F8 |
| 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 | 司 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 司 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8F 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x53F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000053F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u53f8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A571 |
| kCCCII | 21352D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4633 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4633 |
| kCangjie | SMR |
| kCantonese | si1 |
| kCihaiT | 246.403 |
| kCowles | 3756 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0385.080 |
| kDefinition | take charge of, control, manage; officer |
| kEACC | 21352D |
| kFanqie | 息兹 |
| kFenn | 701D |
| kFennIndex | 481.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1762.0 |
| kGB0 | 4330 |
| kGB1 | 4330 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0972a |
| kHangul | 사:0E |
| kHanYu | 10572.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sī(309) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10572.080:sī,cí,sì |
| kHKGlyph | 0483 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0385.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10572.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0174.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B3E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A571 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B4A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0CE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E49 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4633 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E42 |
| kJapanese | シ つかさ つかさどる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:325 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUKASADORU TSUKASA |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 2742 |
| kKangXi | 0174.030 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 2746 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0674 |
| kMandarin | sī |
| kMatthews | 5585 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2896 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008048 |
| kMorohashi | 03257 |
| kNelson | 0877 |
| kPhonetic | 1169 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2200+30.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.2 |
| kSBGY | 059.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 89.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sī粵si1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0674 |
| kTang | *siə |
| kTGHZ2013 | 345.170:sī |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ti |
| kXerox | 244:305 |
| kXHC1983 | 1086.010:sī |