U+545C "呜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
呜
U+545C "呜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an onomatopoeia, representing a low, mournful sound such as a sob, a whimper, or the hooting of a whistle or horn. In modern usage, it conveys a sense of sadness, lamentation, or soft crying, and it can also appear in written transcriptions of similar sounds. Pronounced "wū" in Mandarin, it is found in classical poetry and everyday digital communication, often used with repetition like "呜呜" to mimic the sound of crying or the distant wail of a train.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+545C |
| 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 | 呜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 呜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x91 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x545C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000545C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u545c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273721 |
| kCangjie | RPVM |
| kCantonese | wu1 |
| kDefinition | sound of crying, sobbing |
| kEACC | 273721 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6702 |
| kGB0 | 4656 |
| kHanYu | 10593.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wū(11) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10593.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0181.191 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E58 |
| kTGH | 2013:745 |
| kKangXi | 0181.191 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0839 |
| kMandarin | wū |
| kRSUnicode | 30.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 95.19 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 388.050:wū |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "嗚" U+55DA CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1212.010:wū |