U+5522 "唢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唢
U+5522 "唢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily known as a simplified form used in modern Mandarin, and it refers to the suona, a traditional double-reeded Chinese wind instrument often called a Chinese trumpet. This character is composed of a mouth radical on the left, indicating speech or sound, combined with a phonetic component on the right. The suona itself is a loud, high-pitched instrument historically used in folk music, festivals, weddings, and funerals, and the character "唢" specifically denotes this instrument in written Chinese. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideograph block ensures that it can be digitally represented across systems for proper text display and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5522 |
| 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 | 唢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5522 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005522 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5522 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 277169 |
| kCangjie | RFBO |
| kCantonese | so2 |
| kDefinition | flute-like musical instrument |
| kEACC | 277169 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6908 |
| kGB0 | 6379 |
| kHanYu | 10628.020 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10628.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0193.051 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5F6F |
| kTGH | 2013:4514 |
| kKangXi | 0193.051 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7624 |
| kMandarin | suǒ |
| kRSUnicode | 30.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 105.14 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 354.040:suǒ |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "嗩" U+55E9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1104.010:suǒ |