U+5593 "喓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5593 "喓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that appears in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block, used primarily in classical and literary contexts. It is pronounced "yāo" in Mandarin and carries meanings related to a small, insect-like sound or chirping, often evoking the imagery of crickets or cicadas in ancient poetry. This character is notably found in classical texts such as the "Book of Songs" (Shijing), where it appears in the line "喓喓草虫" (yāo yāo cǎo chóng), describing the chirping of insects in grass. In modern usage, "喓" is rare and mainly preserved in historical or formal writing, but it remains an example of how CJK characters encode precise natural imagery from traditional East Asian literature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5593
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	喓
HTML Hex Encoding	喓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x96 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5593
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005593
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5593

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

kBigFive	D86D
kCCCII	21712D
kCNS1986	2-3A51
kCNS1992	2-3A51
kCangjie	RMWV
kCantonese	jiu1
kCheungBauer	030/09;RMWV;jiu1
kCheungBauerIndex	368.02
kCihaiT	287.105
kCowles	1378
kDaeJaweon	0420.110
kDefinition	chirping, buzzing; (Cant.) to call out
kEACC	21712D
kFanqie	於霄
kFourCornerCode	6104.4
kGB3	2266
kGSR	1142c
kHangul	요:1N
kHanYu	10651.070
kHanyuPinyin	10651.070:yāo
kIRGDaeJaweon	0420.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10651.070
kIRGKangXi	0198.230
kIRG_GSource	G3-3662
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D86D
kIRG_JSource	J1-356E
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3A4A
kIRG_KSource	K1-6871
kIRG_TSource	T2-3A51
kIRG_VSource	V0-323C
kJapanese	ヨウ
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	KOE
kJapaneseOn	EU
kJis1	2178
kKangXi	0198.230
kKorean	YO
kMandarin	yāo
kMatthews	7301
kMeyerWempe	439a 908
kMojiJoho	MJ008451 MJ008451:E0101 MJ008452:E0102
kMorohashi	03939 03939:E0101
kPhonetic	1596
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21284+30.3.9
kRSUnicode	30.9
kSBGY	150.18
kTaiwanTelegraph	0817
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kVietnamese	eo
kXerox	302:125
kXHC1983	1339.060:yāo