U+5424 "吤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5424 "吤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that primarily functions as a phonetic element in historical texts, often used to transcribe sounds or syllables from foreign languages or dialects. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left and the phonetic component "介" (jiè) on the right, suggesting its possible association with speech or vocal expression. In modern standard Chinese, "吤" is not commonly used in everyday writing or conversation, and its usage is largely confined to specialized linguistic studies, classical literature, or as a variant in certain transliterations. Despite its obscurity, it remains a valid encoded unit within the Unicode standard, preserving a small fragment of the vast and intricate heritage of Chinese script.

General Properties

Code Point U+5424
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 吤
HTML Hex Encoding 吤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x90 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5424
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005424
C/C++/Java Escape \u5424

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

kBigFive CAA5
kCCCII 216F29
kCNS1986 2-2345
kCNS1992 2-2345
kCangjie ROLL
kCantonese gaai3
kDaeJaweon 0395.090
kFourCornerCode 6802.0
kGB5 2392
kHanYu 10591.070
kHanyuPinyin 10591.070:jiè,gè,xiè
kIRGDaeJaweon 0395.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10591.070
kIRGKangXi 0177.280
kIRG_GSource G5-377C
kIRG_HSource HB2-CAA5
kIRG_JSource J4-2365
kIRG_KSource K2-2641
kIRG_TSource T2-2345
kJapanese カイ ケ カ
kJIS0213 2,03,69
kJapaneseKun KOE
kJapaneseOn KAI KE KA
kKangXi 0177.280
kMandarin jiè
kMojiJoho MJ008092
kMorohashi 03337
kPhonetic 541
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+17346+30.3.4
kRSUnicode 30.4
kTotalStrokes 7
kUnihanCore2020 HMT