U+545B "呛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+545B "呛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys meanings related to choking, irritating, or causing a harsh sensation in the throat or respiratory tract, often due to smoke, dust, or strong fumes. It can function as a verb meaning to choke or cause someone to choke, as in "吸烟呛嗓子" (smoke irritates the throat), or metaphorically to indicate being overwhelmed or provoked, such as in an argument. The character combines the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, suggesting oral or respiratory action, with the phonetic component "仓" on the right, contributing to its pronunciation of qiāng or qiàng in Mandarin. This ideograph is used in both written and spoken Chinese, reflecting a nuanced, sensory expression of physical discomfort.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
呛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
呛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x91 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x545B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000545B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u545b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
273722 |
| kCangjie |
ROSU |
| kCantonese |
coeng1 |
| kDefinition |
choke by smoke; irritates nose |
| kEACC |
273722 |
| kFourCornerCode |
6801 |
| kGB0 |
3926 |
| kHanYu |
10592.060 |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10592.060 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0181.191 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-473A |
| kTGH |
2013:742 |
| kKangXi |
0181.191 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0850 |
| kMandarin |
qiāng |
| kPhonetic |
254* |
| kRSUnicode |
30.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
95.14 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
297.180:qiāng 299.030:qiàng |
| kTotalStrokes |
7 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"嗆" U+55C6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0917.040:qiāng 0919.080:qiàng |