U+54DF "哟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+54DF "哟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese writing, primarily functioning as a modal particle or an interjection. It appears at the end of sentences to convey a sense of exclamation, mild surprise, or emphasis, similar to "oh" or "hey" in English, and is also commonly used in colloquial expressions like "哎哟" to indicate sudden pain or dismay. Phonetically pronounced as "yō" or "yo" in Mandarin, this character is frequently encountered in informal speech and written dialogue to add a casual, expressive tone.

General Properties

Code Point	U+54DF
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	哟
HTML Hex Encoding	哟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x93 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x54DF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000054DF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u54df

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	273671
kCangjie	RVMI
kCantonese	jo1
kDefinition	ah, final particle
kEACC	273671
kFourCornerCode	6702
kGB0	5120
kHanYu	10624.090
kHanyuPinlu	yō(64) yo(32)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10624.090
kIRGKangXi	0189.271
kIRG_GSource	G0-5334
kTGH	2013:1516
kKangXi	0189.271
kMainlandTelegraph	0847
kMandarin	yō
kRSUnicode	30.6
kSMSZD2003Index	102.15
kTGHZ2013	441.010:yō 441.030:yo
kTotalStrokes	9
kTraditionalVariant	"喲" U+55B2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1390.060:yō 1390.070:yo