U+553C "唼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唼
U+553C "唼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) primarily used in classical and literary contexts. It represents the sound of eating or nibbling, such as the noise made by fish or birds when they bite at food, and can also carry a connotation of whispering or slandering when used in compound terms. In modern usage, it appears infrequently in standard Mandarin, often serving as a poetic or descriptive element in texts referencing ancient or rustic scenes. Its radical is "口" (mouth), reflecting its association with oral actions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+553C |
| 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 | 唼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x553C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000553C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u553c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D473 |
| kCCCII | 217053 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3376 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3376 |
| kCangjie | RYTV |
| kCantonese | saap3 |
| kCihaiT | 280.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0414.150 |
| kDefinition | speaking evil; gobbling sound made by ducks |
| kEACC | 217053 |
| kFanqie | 即葉 所甲 |
| kFenn | 85H |
| kFennIndex | 58.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6004.4 |
| kGB0 | 6394 |
| kGB1 | 6394 |
| kHangul | 삽:1N |
| kHanYu | 10645.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10645.080:shà,qiè |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0414.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10645.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0194.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5F7E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D473 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2421 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-39F5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6370 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3376 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F44 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ すする ふむ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4846 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,04,01 |
| kJapaneseKun | KURAHU SUSURU TSUIBAMU HUMU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAHU SEHU |
| kJis1 | 2152 |
| kKangXi | 0194.090 |
| kKorean | SAP |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 8147 |
| kMandarin | shà |
| kMatthews | 815 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008361 |
| kMorohashi | 03780 |
| kPhonetic | 206 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17367+30.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 106.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shà,zā粵saap3,zaap3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0802 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 323.030:shà |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | thép |
| kXerox | 302:123 |
| kXHC1983 | 0994.010:shà |