U+5463 "呣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5463 "呣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an interjection or onomatopoeia in Mandarin, often used to represent a questioning or pondering sound, similar to "hmm" or "mum" in English. It appears in the Kangxi Dictionary and belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, where it is classified under the "mouth" radical (口) and associated with vocal expressions. While not among the most common Chinese characters, it appears in classical and colloquial contexts to denote hesitation, contemplation, or a non-specific vocal response. This character enriches the written representation of spoken sounds in Chinese texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5463
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	呣
HTML Hex Encoding	呣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x91 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5463
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005463
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5463

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

kBigFive	CBED
kCCCII	216F4A
kCNS1986	2-256D
kCNS1992	2-256D
kCangjie	RWYI
kCantonese	m2
kDefinition	interjection indicating a question or thought (um)
kEACC	216F4A
kFanqie	亡侯
kFourCornerCode	6705.0
kGB3	2188
kHanYu	10610.080
kHanyuPinyin	10610.080:móu,ḿ,m̀
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10610.080
kIRGKangXi	0181.280
kIRG_GSource	G3-3578
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CBED
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-008153
kIRG_KSource	K2-2659
kIRG_TSource	T2-256D
kJapanese	ボウ
kTGH	2013:3920
kJapaneseOn	BOU
kKangXi	0181.280
kMandarin	ḿ
kMojiJoho	MJ008153
kMorohashi	03433
kRSUnicode	30.5
kSBGY	215.36
kSMSZD2003Index	99.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	m̄粵m2 m̀粵m6
kTGHZ2013	240.020:ḿ 240.030:m̀
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXHC1983	0753.020:ḿ 0753.030:m̀