U+5440 "呀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5440 "呀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as an interjection or particle in Mandarin, often used to express surprise, exclamation, or emphasis, similar to "ah" or "oh" in English. Its pronunciation in pinyin is "ya," and it appears in daily conversation, literature, and digital communication to convey a light, emotional tone. Structurally, the character combines the "mouth" radical (口, kǒu) on the left, indicating its connection to speech or sound, with the phonetic component "牙" (yá, meaning "tooth") on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. While it is a common character in modern Chinese, it does not represent a specific object or concept but rather serves a grammatical and expressive role in the language.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
呀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
呀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x91 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5440 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005440 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5440 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A772 |
| kCCCII |
213554 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4954 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4954 |
| kCangjie |
RMVH |
| kCantonese |
aa1 |
| kCihaiT |
261.301 |
| kCowles |
3 8 12 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0398.060 |
| kDefinition |
particle used to express surprise or mild emphasis; (Cant.) slurred form of the number ten |
| kEACC |
213554 |
| kFanqie |
五加 許加 吾駕 |
| kFenn |
165A |
| kFennIndex |
611.05 |
| kFourCornerCode |
6104.0 |
| kGB0 |
4929 |
| kGB1 |
4929 |
| kGradeLevel |
1 |
| kHangul |
하:1N |
| kHanYu |
10587.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
ya(1018) yā(398) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10587.120:xiā,yā,ya |
| kHKGlyph |
0518 |
| kIICore |
AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0398.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10587.120 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0180.080 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-513D |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A772 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-5260 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-3959 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K1-7266 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4954 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V0-307B |
| kJapanese |
ガ カ ケ あ |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kTGH |
2013:729 |
| kJapaneseKun |
A ATSU |
| kJapaneseOn |
GA KA |
| kJis0 |
5064 |
| kKangXi |
0180.080 |
| kKorean |
HA |
| kLau |
7 8 9 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0711 |
| kMandarin |
ya |
| kMatthews |
7215 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3 6 8 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ008123 MJ008123:E0102 MJ008124:E0103 |
| kMorohashi |
03383 03383:E0102 |
| kPhonetic |
951 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+4341+30.3.4 C+4341+92.4.3 V+20089+30.3.5 V+20089+92.5.3 |
| kRSUnicode |
30.4 |
| kSBGY |
168.13 169.38 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
94.04 410.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yā粵aa1 ya粵aa1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0711 |
| kTang |
nga xa |
| kTGHZ2013 |
419.030:yā 421.010:ya |
| kTotalStrokes |
7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJMT |
| kVietnamese |
nhá |
| kXerox |
243:107 |
| kXHC1983 |
1318.010:yā 1322.040:ya |