U+549B "咛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+549B "咛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in modern Mandarin, where it functions as a verb meaning to caution, advise, or remind, often with a sense of repeated or earnest instruction. It is commonly found in the reduplicated form "叮咛" (dīngníng), which means to urge or exhort someone carefully, such as when giving heartfelt advice or warnings. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is represented by the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating its association with speech or vocal expression, and the phonetic component "宁" which suggests its pronunciation. This character appears in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing, though it is more frequently encountered in Mandarin texts and dialogues.

General Properties

Code Point U+549B
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 咛
HTML Hex Encoding 咛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x92 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x549B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000549B
C/C++/Java Escape \u549b

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 27374E
kCangjie RJMN
kCantonese ning4
kDefinition enjoin, instruct; charge
kEACC 27374E
kFourCornerCode 6302
kGB0 6344
kHanYu 10608.100
kHanyuPinlu níng(11)
kIICore CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10608.100
kIRGKangXi 0185.211
kIRG_GSource G0-5F4C
kTGH 2013:3918
kKangXi 0185.211
kMainlandTelegraph 0905
kMandarin níng
kPhonetic 267*
kRSUnicode 30.5
kSMSZD2003Index 99.20
kTGHZ2013 268.090:níng
kTotalStrokes 8
kTraditionalVariant "嚀" U+5680 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0835.170:níng