U+552B "唫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

唫

U+552B "唫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and modern East Asian writing, pronounced as "yín" or "jìn" in Mandarin. It generally conveys the meaning of "to hum" or "to chant in a low voice," often associated with poetic recitation or murmuring, and is also linked to the concept of "to hold in the mouth" or "to speak with restraint." In some contexts, especially in archaic or literary usage, it appears in names or denotes a state of closed or suppressed sound. This character is composed of the "mouth" radical (口) on the left, indicating speech or sound, and the phonetic component "金" (jīn, meaning gold or metal) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. While not as common in everyday modern Chinese writing, "唫" retains significance in classical texts, poetry, and as a variant form of other characters like "吟."

General Properties

Code Point	U+552B
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	唫
HTML Hex Encoding	唫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x94 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x552B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000552B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u552b

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

kCCCII	21707E
kCNS1986	E-3468
kCNS1992	3-3468
kCangjie	RC
kCantonese	jam4
kCihaiT	276.610
kDaeJaweon	0413.220
kDefinition	to hum, to intone, etc. to close, to shut
kFanqie	魚金渠飲
kFennIndex	630.05
kGSR	0652g
kHangul	금:1N
kHanYu	10643.070
kHanyuPinyin	10643.070:jìn,yín
kIRGDaeJaweon	0413.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10643.070
kIRGKangXi	0193.110
kIRG_GSource	GE-3358
kIRG_HSource	H-FAF1
kIRG_JSource	J13-2F25
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3A13
kIRG_KSource	K1-5B57
kIRG_TSource	T3-3468
kIRG_VSource	V0-3175
kJapanese	ギンゴンキンつぐむ
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	1,15,05
kJapaneseKun	DOMORU OTOJIRU UUTAU
kJapaneseOn	GIN GON KIN
kJis1	2147
kKangXi	0193.110
kKorean	KUM
kMandarin	jìn
kMatthews	7425a
kMojiJoho	MJ008340
kMorohashi	03755
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14389+30.3.8 C+14389+167.8.3
kRSUnicode	30.8
kSBGY	219.41 329.29
kSemanticVariant	U+541F<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index	109.01
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	H
kVietnamese	câm
kXHC1983	0592.100:jìn 1378.091:yín