U+5591 "喑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5591 "喑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "mute" or "dumb," often referring to an inability to speak, and it can also convey the idea of being silent or hoarse in classical texts. In modern usage, it appears in compound words like "喑哑" (yīn yǎ) meaning hoarse or mute, and it retains a literary nuance, sometimes associated with a state of voicelessness or suppressed sound. Linguistically, it belongs to the radical 口 (mouth) and phonetic component "音" (yīn, meaning sound or tone), suggesting a conceptual link between sound and its absence. The character is used in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing systems, and it appears in historical literature, including classical poetry and medical texts, where it describes physical or symbolic speechlessness.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
喑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
喑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x96 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5591 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005591 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5591 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
D866 |
| kCCCII |
217123 |
| kCNS1986 |
2-3A4A |
| kCNS1992 |
2-3A4A |
| kCangjie |
RYTA |
| kCantonese |
jam1 |
| kCihaiT |
283.502 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0420.060 |
| kDefinition |
to be dumb; the sobbing of infants |
| kEACC |
217123 |
| kFanqie |
於金 烏含 於禁 |
| kFourCornerCode |
6006.1 |
| kGB0 |
6419 |
| kGB1 |
6419 |
| kGSR |
0653d |
| kHangul |
음:1N |
| kHanYu |
10659.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10659.060:yīn,yǐn,yìn |
| kIICore |
BGH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0420.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10659.060 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0198.180 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-6033 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB2-D866 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J14-242E |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-3A4E |
| kIRG_KSource |
K1-6A3C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T2-3A4A |
| kIRG_VSource |
V0-3236 |
| kJapanese |
イン オン アン おし |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kTGH |
2013:5156 |
| kJIS0213 |
2,04,14 |
| kJapaneseKun |
OSHI SAKEBU ATSURUSAMA |
| kJapaneseOn |
IN ON AN |
| kJis1 |
2176 |
| kKangXi |
0198.180 |
| kKarlgren |
277 |
| kKorean |
UM |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0819 |
| kMandarin |
yīn |
| kMatthews |
7419 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3804b |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ008448 MJ008448:E0101 MJ008449:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
03934 03934:E0101 |
| kPhonetic |
1473 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+17376+30.3.9 C+17376+180.9.3 |
| kRSUnicode |
30.9 |
| kSBGY |
220.15 222.06 441.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
110.10 769.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yīn粵jam1 yìn粵jam3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0819 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
437.040:yīn |
| kTotalStrokes |
12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHMT |
| kVietnamese |
ầm |
| kXerox |
302:124 |
| kXHC1983 |
1374.020:yīn |