U+5406 "吆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
吆
U+5406 "吆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to shout, yell, or call out loudly, often used in the context of commanding attention or driving animals. Its usage appears in classical and modern Chinese, including the compound "吆喝" which describes the act of hawking goods or making a public announcement. The character consists of the mouth radical "口" on the left and the phonetic component "幺" (yāo) on the right, indicating its pronunciation and semantic association with vocal expression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5406 |
| 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 | 吆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 吆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x90 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5406 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005406 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5406 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A65B |
| kCCCII | 21354A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-475C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-475C |
| kCangjie | RVI |
| kCantonese | jiu1 |
| kCihaiT | 256.604 |
| kCowles | 1381 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0387.130 |
| kDefinition | bawl, yell, shout, cry out |
| kEACC | 216E68 |
| kFanqie | 於堯 |
| kFenn | 876E |
| kFennIndex | 616.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6203.2 |
| kGB0 | 6326 |
| kGB1 | 6326 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kHanYu | 10582.020 10584.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yāo(37) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10584.120:yāo |
| kHKGlyph | 0505 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0387.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10584.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0174.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5F3A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A65B |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008060 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2637 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-475C |
| kJapanese | ヨウ |
| kTGH | 2013:433 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOE KOGOE |
| kJapaneseOn | YOU |
| kKangXi | 0174.200 |
| kKorean | YO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0697 |
| kMandarin | yāo |
| kMatthews | 7283 |
| kMeyerWempe | 911 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008060 MJ008060:E0100 MJ008061:E0101 |
| kMorohashi | 03283 03283:E0100 03317:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1595 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 91.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yāo粵jiu1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 427.020:yāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 273:361 |
| kXHC1983 | 1340.050:yāo |