U+548D "咍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+548D "咍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both ancient and modern contexts, primarily functioning as a phonetic component or a simple word in classical texts. Its meaning varies, often associated with laughter, ridicule, or a jovial exclamation, as seen in its use in the expression "咍咍" to represent hearty laughter. In standard Mandarin, it is pronounced as "hāi" and belongs to the "mouth" radical (口), reflecting its oral or vocal nature. Historically, this character appears in literary works and dictionaries, such as the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is defined with connotations of mockery or amusement. While not common in everyday modern Chinese, it retains significance in the study of classical literature and philology.

General Properties

Code Point U+548D
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 咍
HTML Hex Encoding 咍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x92 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x548D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000548D
C/C++/Java Escape \u548d

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 CBE8
kCCCII 216F49
kCNS1986 2-2568
kCNS1992 2-2568
kCangjie RIR
kCantonese hoi1
kCihaiT 268.401
kDaeJaweon 0404.050
kDefinition laugh
kEACC 216F49
kFanqie 呼來
kFourCornerCode 6306.0
kGB3 2187
kGSR 1240a
kHangul 해:1N
kHanYu 10610.070
kHanyuPinyin 10610.070:hāi,tāi
kIRGDaeJaweon 0404.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10610.070
kIRGKangXi 0185.050
kIRG_GSource G3-3577
kIRG_HSource HB2-CBE8
kIRG_JSource J14-236D
kIRG_KPSource KP1-398B
kIRG_KSource K1-7331
kIRG_TSource T2-2568
kIRG_VSource V0-312A
kJapanese カイ タイ わらう たのしむ
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:6680
kJIS0213 2,03,77
kJapaneseKun WARAHU YOROKOBU
kJapaneseOn KAI TAI
kJis1 2106
kKangXi 0185.050
kKorean HAY
kMandarin hāi
kMatthews 2013
kMojiJoho MJ008200
kMorohashi 03492
kPhonetic 1373
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+14380+30.3.5
kRSUnicode 30.5
kSBGY 098.52
kSMSZD2003Index 98.04
kSMSZD2003Readings hāi粵hoi1
kTaiwanTelegraph 0739
kTang xəi
kTGHZ2013 128.060:hāi
kTotalStrokes 8
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kVietnamese hay
kXerox 302:107
kXHC1983 0432.021:hāi