U+550B "唋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+550B "唋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character that has been encoded for historical and linguistic purposes, primarily appearing in classical texts or specialized dictionaries. Its meaning is associated with the concept of "vomiting" or "to spit out," though it is not commonly used in modern Mandarin or standard writing. The character is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, suggesting a connection to speech or oral action, and a phonetic component on the right that provides its approximate pronunciation. Due to its rarity, "唋" is seldom encountered in everyday communication and is more likely found in ancient literature or as part of comprehensive character sets for digital text processing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+550B
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	唋
HTML Hex Encoding	唋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x94 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x550B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000550B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u550b

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	D147
kCCCII	217049
kCNS1986	2-2E49
kCNS1992	2-2E49
kCangjie	ROMD
kCantonese	tou1
kDaeJaweon	0411.140
kFourCornerCode	6809.4
kGB5	2451
kHanYu	10631.140
kHanyuPinyin	10631.140:tū
kIRGDaeJaweon	0411.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10631.140
kIRGKangXi	0192.060
kIRG_GSource	G5-3853
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D147
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-008319
kIRG_KSource	K2-2741
kIRG_TSource	T2-2E49
kIRG_VSource	V0-3156
kJapanese	ト ツ
kJapaneseKun	HAKU
kJapaneseOn	TO TSU
kKangXi	0192.060
kMandarin	tū
kMojiJoho	MJ008319
kMorohashi	03703
kPhonetic	1610*
kRSUnicode	30.7
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kVietnamese	dứ