U+5584 "善" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
善
U+5584 "善" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of goodness, kindness, or virtue, originating as a key term in Confucian and Buddhist philosophy where it represents moral integrity and benevolent action. In its written form, the character combines the radical for "sheep" which symbolizes beauty or auspiciousness, with a simplified phonetic and semantic component that suggests speaking well or harmonizing. Beyond its lexical meaning, "善" is commonly used in everyday Chinese vocabulary in words like "善良" meaning kindhearted, and "改善" meaning to improve, reflecting its deep cultural association with positive ethical conduct and social harmony.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5584 |
| 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 | 善 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 善 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x96 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5584 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005584 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5584 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5BD |
| kCCCII | 21523F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6143 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6143 |
| kCangjie | TGTR |
| kCantonese | sin6 |
| kCihaiT | 282.304 |
| kCowles | 3939 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0418.380 |
| kDefinition | good, virtuous, charitable, kind |
| kEACC | 21523F |
| kFanqie | 常演 |
| kFenn | 152B |
| kFennIndex | 435.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8060.5 |
| kGB0 | 4138 |
| kGB1 | 4138 |
| kGSR | 0205a |
| kHangul | 선:0E |
| kHanYu | 10660.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shàn(206) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10660.020:shàn |
| kHKGlyph | 3199 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0418.380 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10660.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0197.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4946 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5BD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4131 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E2B3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-603C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6143 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F55 |
| kJapanese | ゼン セン よい よくする よしとする |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2738 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOI |
| kJapaneseOn | ZEN |
| kJis0 | 3317 |
| kKangXi | 0197.180 |
| kKorean | SEN |
| kLau | 2808 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0810 |
| kMandarin | shàn |
| kMatthews | 5657 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2720 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008429 MJ008429:E0102 MJ008431:E0103 MJ008432:E0104 MJ008433:E0105 MJ008430:E0106 |
| kMorohashi | 03904 03904:E0102 |
| kNelson | 0606 |
| kPhonetic | 1203 1530 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2739+30.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.9 |
| kSBGY | 291.53 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 109.21 538.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shàn粵sin6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0810 |
| kTang | *zhiɛ̌n |
| kTGHZ2013 | 325.050:shàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thiện |
| kXerox | 244:331 |
| kXHC1983 | 0999.020:shàn |