U+5526 "唦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5526 "唦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in historical and literary contexts, though it is not commonly found in modern standard Mandarin vocabulary. It is a phonetic component in some dialects and often appears in transliterations of foreign words or names, particularly in older texts. The character is composed of the "mouth" radical (口) on the left, indicating speech or sound, and the phonetic element "沙" (shā) on the right, which suggests its pronunciation is similar to "shā" in Mandarin. Its meaning can vary but is generally associated with interjections or sounds, such as a sigh or exclamation, depending on the specific regional usage within Chinese linguistic traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5526
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	唦
HTML Hex Encoding	唦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x94 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5526
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005526
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5526

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	D0F0
kCCCII	216F77
kCNS1986	2-2E33
kCNS1992	2-2E33
kCangjie	REFH
kCantonese	saa1
kFourCornerCode	6902.0
kGB3	2235
kHanYu	10634.040
kHanyuPinyin	10634.040:shā
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10634.040
kIRGKangXi	0193.051
kIRG_GSource	G3-3643
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D0F0
kIRG_KSource	K2-2748
kIRG_TSource	T2-2E33
kKangXi	0193.051
kMandarin	shā
kRSUnicode	30.7
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	HMT