U+543E "吾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
吾
U+543E "吾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a first-person singular pronoun, meaning "I" or "my" in Classical Chinese and some modern literary contexts. Its composition combines the radical for "mouth" (口) atop a phonetic component, reflecting its ancient origins in written Chinese. Beyond its grammatical role, the character carries cultural significance, appearing in classical texts such as the Analects of Confucius and in Daoist philosophy, where it is used in phrases like "吾丧我" (I lost myself) to explore concepts of self and ego. In modern usage, it is less common in everyday speech but remains prevalent in formal writing, names, and fixed expressions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+543E |
| 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 | 吾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 吾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x90 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x543E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000543E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u543e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A75E |
| kCCCII | 213552 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4940 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4940 |
| kCangjie | MMR |
| kCantonese | ng4 |
| kCihaiT | 260.501 |
| kCowles | 2961 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0398.020 |
| kDefinition | i, my, our; resist, impede |
| kEACC | 213552 |
| kFanqie | 五乎 五加 |
| kFenn | 763E |
| kFennIndex | 607.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1060.1 |
| kGB0 | 4665 |
| kGB1 | 4665 |
| kGSR | 0058f |
| kHangul | 오:0E |
| kHanYu | 10585.130 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10585.130:wú,yú,yá |
| kHKGlyph | 0510 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0398.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10585.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0180.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E61 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A75E |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3863 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F9CF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-676E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4940 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E5E |
| kJapanese | ゴ ギョ ガ ゲ われ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:695 |
| kJapaneseKun | WARE |
| kJapaneseOn | GO |
| kJis0 | 2467 |
| kKangXi | 0180.030 |
| kKorean | O |
| kLau | 2290 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0710 |
| kMandarin | wú |
| kMatthews | 7188 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1988b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008120 |
| kMorohashi | 03379 |
| kNelson | 0037 |
| kPhonetic | 947 949 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1943+30.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.4 |
| kSBGY | 083.26 168.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 94.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wú粵ng4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0710 |
| kTang | *ngo |
| kTGHZ2013 | 388.130:wú |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ngo |
| kXerox | 250:044 |
| kXHC1983 | 1218.030:wú |