U+5504 "唄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唄
U+5504 "唄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally referred to a type of Buddhist chanting or hymn, derived from the Sanskrit word "pāṭha" meaning recitation. In modern usage, particularly in Japanese, it has evolved to mean "song" or "tune," most commonly appearing in the context of "shamisen" folk songs or as a surname. It is a compound character combining the "mouth" radical (口) on the left, indicating speech or sound, and the phonetic component "貝" on the right. While less common in standard Chinese today, it remains an important character in East Asian cultural and musical traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5504 |
| 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 | 唄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5504 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005504 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5504 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D0F9 |
| kCCCII | 217030 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2E3C |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2E3C |
| kCangjie | RBUC |
| kCantonese | baai6 |
| kCihaiT | 276.510 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0411.050 |
| kDefinition | final particle of assertion |
| kEACC | 217030 |
| kFanqie | 薄邁 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6608.0 |
| kGB1 | 6334 |
| kHangul | 패:0N |
| kHanYu | 10628.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bei(22) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10628.050:bài,bei |
| kIICore | ATJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0411.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10628.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0191.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5F42 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D0F9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3134 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F2A2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7826 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2E3C |
| kJapanese | バイ ベ ハイ うた |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | UTA |
| kJapaneseOn | BAI |
| kJis0 | 1720 |
| kKangXi | 0191.290 |
| kKorean | PHAY |
| kMandarin | bei |
| kMatthews | 4865 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008311 |
| kMorohashi | 03694 |
| kNelson | 0924 |
| kPhonetic | 1083 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1238+30.3.7 C+1238+154.7.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.7 |
| kSBGY | 386.49 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "呗" U+5457 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 104.08 663.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bei粵be6 bài粵baai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0784 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 302:120 |