U+5478 "呸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
呸
U+5478 "呸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as an interjection expressing disdain, contempt, or rejection, often used to spit out in disapproval or to mimic the sound of spitting. In modern usage, it appears in conversational contexts to show strong disagreement or scorn, and it can also be employed as a verb meaning "to spit" or "to utter a sound of contempt." Its composition includes the mouth radical (口) on the left and the phonetic component 丕 (pī) on the right, reflecting both its oral and expressive nature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5478 |
| 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 | 呸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 呸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x91 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5478 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005478 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5478 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A941 |
| kCCCII | 21356C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C43 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C43 |
| kCangjie | RMFM |
| kCantonese | pei1 |
| kCihaiT | 269.307 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0402.060 |
| kDefinition | expression of reprimand |
| kEACC | 21356C |
| kFenn | 120I |
| kFennIndex | 393.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6101.9 |
| kGB0 | 3762 |
| kGB1 | 3762 |
| kHanYu | 10599.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | pēi(32) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10599.050:pēi |
| kHKGlyph | 0537 |
| kIICore | AGTH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0402.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10599.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0183.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-455E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A941 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008176 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-397A |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2663 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C43 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E70 |
| kJapanese | ヒ |
| kTGH | 2013:3902 |
| kJapaneseOn | HI |
| kKangXi | 0183.050 |
| kKorean | PI |
| kMandarin | pēi |
| kMatthews | 5138 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008176 |
| kMorohashi | 03462 |
| kPhonetic | 1035 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 99.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pēi粵pei1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 277.110:pēi |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | bậy |
| kXerox | 265:057 |
| kXHC1983 | 0858.040:pēi |