U+5531 "唱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唱
U+5531 "唱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to sing" or "to chant," and it is widely used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, suggesting vocalization, and the phonetic component "昌" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. In everyday usage, "唱" appears in words like "唱歌" (to sing a song) and "演唱" (to perform or sing on stage), and it also conveys a sense of calling out or advocating for something in formal contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5531 |
| 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 | 唱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5531 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005531 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5531 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0DB |
| kCCCII | 21364F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5940 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5940 |
| kCangjie | RAA |
| kCantonese | coeng3 |
| kCihaiT | 277.401 |
| kCowles | 507 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0414.010 |
| kDefinition | sing, chant, call; ditty, song |
| kEACC | 21364F |
| kFanqie | 尺亮 |
| kFenn | 803B |
| kFennIndex | 18.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6606.0 |
| kGB0 | 1910 |
| kGB1 | 1910 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0724d |
| kHangul | 창:0E |
| kHanYu | 10640.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chàng(433) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10640.080:chàng |
| kHKGlyph | 0605 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0414.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10640.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0193.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-332A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0DB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E27 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECE0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-735D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5940 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F43 |
| kJapanese | ショウ となえる うたう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2284 |
| kJapaneseKun | TONAERU UTAU UTA |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3007 |
| kKangXi | 0193.210 |
| kKorean | CHANG |
| kLau | 264 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0788 |
| kMandarin | chàng |
| kMatthews | 208 |
| kMeyerWempe | 221 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008347 |
| kMorohashi | 03765 |
| kNelson | 0941 |
| kPhonetic | 119 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2447+30.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSBGY | 426.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 106.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chàng粵coeng3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0788 |
| kTang | *chiɑ̀ng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 039.150:chàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | xướng |
| kXerox | 243:373 |
| kXHC1983 | 0124.060:chàng |