U+5417 "吗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5417 "吗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in written Mandarin, functioning as a question particle to convert statements into yes/no questions. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left and the phonetic component "马" (horse) on the right, indicating both its spoken-use context and its sound, which is pronounced as "ma" with a neutral tone. This character is essential in modern Chinese grammar, appearing in informal and formal texts alike to denote interrogative mood without requiring a change in word order.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5417
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	吗
HTML Hex Encoding	吗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x90 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5417
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005417
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5417

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	27367A
kCangjie	RNVM
kCantonese	maa3
kDefinition	final interrogative particle
kEACC	27367A
kFourCornerCode	6702
kGB0	3480
kHanYu	10584.110
kHanyuPinlu	ma(1456) má(93)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10584.110
kIRGKangXi	0177.021
kIRG_GSource	G0-4270
kTGH	2013:432
kKangXi	0177.021
kMainlandTelegraph	0834
kMandarin	ma
kPhonetic	863*
kRSUnicode	30.3
kSMSZD2003Index	91.11
kTGHZ2013	240.070:má 240.110:mǎ 241.060:ma
kTotalStrokes	6
kTraditionalVariant	"嗎" U+55CE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0755.030:má 0758.020:mǎ 0758.090:ma