U+551E "唞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唞
U+551E "唞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that is primarily used in Cantonese and other southern Chinese dialects, where it carries the meaning of "to breathe" or "to take a rest." It is often found in informal or colloquial contexts, such as in the phrase "唞氣" meaning "to take a breather." This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses traditional and simplified characters shared across these languages, though "唞" itself is not commonly used in standard Mandarin. Its usage highlights the diversity within written Chinese, reflecting regional linguistic variations and everyday speech patterns.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+551E |
| 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 | 唞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x551E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000551E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u551e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | RQYJ |
| kCantonese | tau2 |
| kCheungBauer | 030/07;RQYJ;tau2 |
| kCheungBauerIndex | 358.03 |
| kCowles | 4336 |
| kDefinition | (Cant.) to gasp; to breathe; to rest |
| kHanYu | 10625.051 |
| kIICore | CH |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10625.051 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0193.051 |
| kIRG_GSource | GH-1218 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9E57 |
| kKangXi | 0193.051 |
| kLau | 3044 |
| kMandarin | dǒu |
| kMeyerWempe | 3037 |
| kPseudoGB1 | 9208 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.7 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |