U+54E8 "哨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+54E8 "哨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the radical 口 (mouth) with a total of 10 strokes, and its primary meanings include "to whistle," "a sentry post," or "to scout." In modern Chinese, it is commonly used in words like 口哨 (kǒushào) meaning "whistle" and 哨兵 (shàobīng) meaning "sentry" or "guard," reflecting its functional role in sound production and military surveillance. Historically, the character evolved from depictions of a mouth emitting sound, emphasizing its auditory and alerting connotations in both classical and contemporary contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+54E8
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	哨
HTML Hex Encoding	哨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x93 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x54E8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000054E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u54e8

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	ADEF
kCCCII	21363D
kCNS1986	1-5452
kCNS1992	1-5452
kCangjie	RFB
kCantonese	saau3
kCihaiT	275.601
kCowles	3812
kDaeJaweon	0409.300
kDefinition	whistle, blow whistle; chirp
kEACC	21363D
kFanqie	相邀 七肖
kFenn	124E
kFennIndex	440.08
kFourCornerCode	6902.7
kGB0	4158
kGB1	4158
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	1149q
kHangul	초:0N
kHanYu	10628.010
kHanyuPinlu	shào(51)
kHanyuPinyin	10628.010:shào,sāo,xiāo,xiào,sào
kHKGlyph	0590
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0409.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10628.010
kIRGKangXi	0190.130
kIRG_GSource	G0-495A
kIRG_HSource	HB1-ADEF
kIRG_JSource	J0-3E25
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EDE2
kIRG_KSource	K0-747A
kIRG_TSource	T1-5452
kIRG_VSource	V2-8A6A
kJapanese	ショウ ソウ チョウ みはり
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:1904
kJapaneseKun	MIHARI
kJapaneseOn	SHOU
kJis0	3005
kKangXi	0190.130
kKorean	CHO SO
kLau	2627
kMainlandTelegraph	0783
kMandarin	shào
kMatthews	5676
kMeyerWempe	2611
kMojiJoho	MJ008279 MJ008280:E0102 MJ008279:E0103
kMorohashi	03646 03646:E0103
kNelson	0930
kPhonetic	220
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2445+30.3.7 V+7703+30.3.7
kRSUnicode	30.7
kSBGY	146.59 414.33
kSMSZD2003Index	103.14
kSMSZD2003Readings	shào粵saau3
kTaiwanTelegraph	0783
kTGHZ2013	328.070:shào
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	256:307
kXHC1983	1009.020:shào