U+5555 "啕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
啕
U+5555 "啕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to the act of crying or wailing, often used in classical literature and compound words to describe loud, sorrowful weeping, such as in the term "號啕" (háo táo), which means to cry loudly or bawl. This character is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating speech or sound, and the phonetic component "匋" on the right, which provides its pronunciation. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, it is primarily used in Traditional Chinese and some classical texts, though it is less common in modern everyday writing. Its meaning and usage reflect a specific emotional expression in East Asian linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5555 |
| 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 | 啕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 啕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x95 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5555 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005555 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5555 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0DE |
| kCCCII | 213655 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5943 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5943 |
| kCangjie | RPOU |
| kCantonese | tou4 |
| kCihaiT | 280.302 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0417.030 |
| kDefinition | wail |
| kEACC | 213655 |
| kFanqie | 徒刀 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6702.0 |
| kGB0 | 6391 |
| kGB1 | 6391 |
| kHanYu | 10644.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10644.070:táo |
| kHKGlyph | 0609 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0417.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10644.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0196.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5F7B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0DE |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008395 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-39F0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2765 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5943 |
| kJapanese | トウ ドウ |
| kTGH | 2013:4843 |
| kJapaneseKun | OSHABERI |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU DOU |
| kKangXi | 0196.020 |
| kKorean | TO |
| kMandarin | táo |
| kMatthews | 6152 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008395 |
| kMorohashi | 03823 |
| kPhonetic | 1362 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSBGY | 157.41 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+54B7<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 108.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | táo粵tou4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 362.030:táo |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 273:363 |
| kXHC1983 | 1122.070:táo |