U+5537 "唷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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 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
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