U+553F "唿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+553F "唿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an onomatopoeic or descriptive element in Mandarin, often conveying a sound of urgency or a short, sharp exhalation, such as a whistle or a gasp. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating its relation to speech or sound, and the phonetic component "忽" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as "hū". While less common in everyday modern writing, it appears in classical texts, regional dialects, or compound words like "唿哨" (to whistle), and it is standardized in the Unicode system for digital representation of Chinese and other East Asian scripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+553F
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 唿
HTML Hex Encoding 唿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x94 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x553F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000553F
C/C++/Java Escape \u553f

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 217079
kCNS1986 E-3467
kCNS1992 3-3467
kCangjie RPHP
kCantonese fat1
kCheungBauer 030/08;RPHP;fat1
kCheungBauerIndex 361.01
kCihaiT 277.601
kDaeJaweon 0414.220
kDefinition sad; (Cant.) a bit, part
kEACC 217079
kFourCornerCode 6703
kGB0 6392
kGB1 6392
kHanYu 10644.090
kHanyuPinyin 10644.090:hū
kIRGDaeJaweon 0414.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10644.090
kIRGKangXi 0194.170
kIRG_GSource G0-5F7C
kIRG_HSource H-89FA
kIRG_JSource JMJ-008364
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3A0A
kIRG_KSource K2-2756
kIRG_TSource T3-3467
kIRG_VSource V0-315A
kJapanese コツ コチ
kTGH 2013:4844
kJapaneseKun UREERU
kJapaneseOn KOTSU KOCHI
kKangXi 0194.170
kKorean HOL
kMandarin
kMatthews 2195
kMojiJoho MJ008364
kMorohashi 03788
kPhonetic 356
kRSUnicode 30.8
kSMSZD2003Index 106.14
kSMSZD2003Readings hū粵fat1
kTGHZ2013 140.040:hū
kTotalStrokes 11
kUnihanCore2020 GH
kVietnamese hót
kXerox 317:264
kXHC1983 0472.030:hū