U+545F "呟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+545F "呟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily pronounced "xuān" in Mandarin, though it also appears in Japanese with the reading "tsubuya" or "tobu." Its meaning centers on a soft, murmuring sound, often referring to whispering or muttering under one's breath, and it is sometimes used in classical texts to describe the faint noise of flowing water or distant voices. In modern usage, the character is less common but can be found in literary contexts to convey a subdued, contemplative vocalization or a subtle environmental sound.

General Properties

Code Point U+545F
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 呟
HTML Hex Encoding 呟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x91 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x545F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000545F
C/C++/Java Escape \u545f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII 216F2E
kCNS1986 E-276E
kCNS1992 3-276E
kCangjie RYVI
kCantonese gyun2
kDaeJaweon 0399.290
kDefinition to mutter, grumble, murmur
kEACC 216F2E
kFourCornerCode 6003.2
kHangul 현:N
kHanYu 10608.080
kHanyuPinyin 10608.080:juǎn
kIICore BJK
kIRGDaeJaweon 0399.290
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10608.080
kIRGKangXi 0181.220
kIRG_GSource GE-3345
kIRG_JSource J0-526C
kIRG_KSource K2-2657
kIRG_TSource T3-276E
kJapanese ゲン ケン つぶやく
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun TSUBUYAKU
kJapaneseOn GEN
kJis0 5076
kKangXi 0181.220
kKorean HYEN
kMandarin juǎn
kMojiJoho MJ008149
kMorohashi 03427
kNelson 0903
kPhonetic 1623*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4353+30.3.5 C+4353+95.5.3
kRSUnicode 30.5
kTotalStrokes 8
kUnihanCore2020 J