U+5442 "呂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
呂
U+5442 "呂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally represents the concept of a musical pitch or note, particularly in the context of ancient Chinese music theory where it is associated with the "six yang pitches" or "lü" scale, and also serves as a surname. This character appears in multiple East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, with consistent meanings tied to music and sometimes to a sense of order or regulation. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered as a component in compound words and as a family name, retaining its historical significance in classical texts and cultural references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5442 |
| 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 | 呂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 呂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x91 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5442 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005442 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5442 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A766 |
| kCCCII | 213564 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4948 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4948 |
| kCangjie | RHR |
| kCantonese | leoi5 |
| kCihaiT | 261.401 |
| kCowles | 2489 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0398.080 |
| kDefinition | surname; a musical note |
| kEACC | 213564 |
| kFanqie | 力舉 |
| kFenn | 749I |
| kFennIndex | 324.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6060.0 |
| kGSR | 0076a |
| kHangul | 려:0N 여:0 |
| kHanYu | 10577.121 |
| kHKGlyph | 0525 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0398.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10577.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0181.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-333C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A766 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4F24 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D7ED |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5565 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4948 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E60 |
| kJapanese | ロ リョ せぼね |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SEBONE |
| kJapaneseOn | RYO RO |
| kJis0 | 4704 |
| kKangXi | 0181.030 |
| kKorean | LYE |
| kMandarin | lǚ |
| kMatthews | 4280 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1679 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008126 |
| kMorohashi | 03386 |
| kNelson | 0891 |
| kPhonetic | 840 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4042+30.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.4 |
| kSBGY | 256.17 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "吕" U+5415 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 94.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lǚ粵leoi5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0712 |
| kTang | *liǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lã |
| kXerox | 260:333 |