U+5537 "唷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唷
U+5537 "唷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified as an ideograph used in both traditional and simplified Chinese, as well as in Japanese Kanji. It is typically pronounced "yō" in Mandarin and "yo" in Japanese, functioning as an interjection that expresses surprise, mild excitement, or a call for attention, similar to "hey" or "oh" in English. This character appears in classical and modern texts, often in colloquial or conversational contexts to convey a light, exclamatory tone.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5537 |
| 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 | 唷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5537 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005537 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5537 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ADF2 |
| kCCCII | 213647 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5455 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5455 |
| kCangjie | RYIB |
| kCantonese | jo1 |
| kCihaiT | 280.606 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0414.080 |
| kDefinition | final particle |
| kEACC | 213647 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6002.7 |
| kGB0 | 6401 |
| kGB1 | 6401 |
| kHanYu | 10645.100 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10645.100:yù,yō |
| kHKGlyph | 0594 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0414.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10645.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0194.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6021 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ADF2 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008355 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2751 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5455 |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-3179 |
| kJapanese | イク |
| kTGH | 2013:4847 |
| kJapaneseKun | WARAU |
| kJapaneseOn | YO |
| kKangXi | 0194.010 |
| kKorean | YUK |
| kMandarin | yō |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008355 |
| kMorohashi | 03772 |
| kPhonetic | 1648A |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 108.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yō粵jo1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 441.020:yō |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | dóc |
| kXerox | 263:261 |
| kXHC1983 | 1390.050:yō |