U+556F "啯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
啯
U+556F "啯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used in written Chinese and other East Asian languages that utilize the CJK character set, primarily representing a specific morpheme or word. Its exact meaning depends on context, but in Standard Mandarin, it is often read as "guō" and can be a component of onomatopoeic words describing swallowing or gurgling sounds. Historically, it appears in classical texts and regional vocabulary, though it is not among the most frequently used characters in modern Chinese. This character reflects the rich, logographic nature of the CJK writing system, where each symbol combines form, sound, and meaning within a long textual tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+556F |
| 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 | 啯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 啯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x95 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x556F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000556F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u556f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | RWMI |
| kCantonese | gwok3 |
| kDefinition | gurgling sound, chattering |
| kGB8 | 9067 |
| kHanYu | 10640.061 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10640.061 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0196.261 |
| kIRG_GSource | G8-7A63 |
| kJapaneseOn | KAKU KYOKU |
| kKangXi | 0196.261 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 8165 |
| kMandarin | guō |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 109.07 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "嘓" U+5613 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |