U+5506 "唆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唆
U+5506 "唆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to incite, instigate, or urge someone to do something, often with a negative connotation of coaxing or manipulating others into action. It is commonly used in compounds such as "挑唆" meaning to stir up trouble or "唆使" meaning to abet or prompt someone to commit an act. The character belongs to the mouth radical (口) and contains nine strokes, reflecting its phonetic and semantic role in the writing system. In classical and modern Chinese, it carries a sense of verbal persuasion that can lead to discord or mischief, and it appears in various contexts from legal terminology to everyday speech, emphasizing its association with subtle or deceptive influence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5506 |
| 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 | 唆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5506 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005506 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5506 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ADF6 |
| kCCCII | 213641 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5459 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5459 |
| kCangjie | RICE |
| kCantonese | so1 |
| kCihaiT | 276.401 |
| kCowles | 3689 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0411.070 |
| kDefinition | make mischief, incite, instigate |
| kEACC | 213641 |
| kFanqie | 蘇禾 |
| kFenn | 542E |
| kFennIndex | 471.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6304.7 |
| kGB0 | 4384 |
| kGB1 | 4384 |
| kHangul | 사:0N |
| kHanYu | 10635.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10635.070:suō,shuà |
| kHKGlyph | 0591 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0411.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10635.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0191.310 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B74 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ADF6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3A36 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0CF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E4A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5459 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8A6F |
| kJapanese | サ そそのかす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1917 |
| kJapaneseKun | SOSONOKASU |
| kJapaneseOn | SA |
| kJis0 | 2622 |
| kKangXi | 0191.310 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 2883 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0778 |
| kMandarin | suō |
| kMatthews | 5462 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2842 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008314 MJ008314:E0101 MJ008313:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 03696:E0102 |
| kNelson | 0925 |
| kPhonetic | 313 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2086+30.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.7 |
| kSBGY | 162.23 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 104.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | suō粵so1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0778 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 353.140:suō |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 262:161 |
| kXHC1983 | 1103.060:suō |