U+543D "吽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
吽
U+543D "吽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in East Asian writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it is pronounced roughly as "hong" or "ou" in Mandarin and can carry various meanings. In Buddhist contexts, it is commonly associated with the sacred Sanskrit syllable "Hūṃ," representing a mantra often found in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhist traditions, symbolizing enlightenment, transformation, or the wrathful aspect of deities. Additionally, the character appears in classical Chinese texts and compound words, such as in the phrase "阿吽" (a-un), which describes a pair of guardian figures or the beginning and end of things, reflecting its role in religious and linguistic settings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+543D |
| 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 | 吽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 吽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x90 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x543D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000543D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u543d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | CAA1 |
| kCCCII | 216E7D |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2341 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2341 |
| kCangjie | RHQ |
| kCantonese | ngau4 |
| kCihaiT | 263.201 |
| kCowles | 3043 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0398.010 |
| kDefinition | 'OM'; bellow; (Cant.) dull, stupid |
| kEACC | 216E7D |
| kFanqie | 呼后 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6500.0 |
| kGB3 | 2157 |
| kHangul | 후:1N |
| kHanYu | 10589.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10589.060:ōu,hōng,hǒu |
| kIICore | BTJH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0398.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10589.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0180.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3559 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-CAA1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-525F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3967 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7460 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2341 |
| kJapanese | ウン オン コウ イン ゴウ ほえる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3709 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOERU |
| kJapaneseOn | IN GOU UN |
| kJis0 | 5063 |
| kKangXi | 0180.020 |
| kKorean | HWU UM WU |
| kLau | 2348 |
| kMandarin | hōng |
| kMatthews | 2376 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2050 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008119 |
| kMorohashi | 03378 |
| kPhonetic | 964 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4340+30.3.4 C+4340+93.4.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.4 |
| kSBGY | 327.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 94.01 411.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hōng粵hung1 hǒu粵hau2 óu粵ngau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 9730 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 137.060:hōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 315:112 |
| kXHC1983 | 0461.080:hōng |