U+559D "喝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

喝

U+559D "喝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to drink" or "to shout" depending on context, with its pronunciation varying in different Chinese dialects, such as "hē" for drinking and "hè" for shouting or scolding in Mandarin. It is composed of two main components: the radical "口" (kǒu) meaning "mouth" on the left, which relates to oral actions, and the phonetic component "曷" (hé) on the right, which provides a clue to its sound. Historically, this ideograph has been used in classical texts to convey actions involving the mouth, from consuming liquids to vocalizing commands. In modern usage, it is a common character in everyday vocabulary, appearing in words like "喝水" (hē shuǐ, to drink water) and "喝彩" (hè cǎi, to applaud or cheer), making it a versatile and frequently encountered unit in written Chinese.

General Properties

Code Point	U+559D
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	喝
HTML Hex Encoding	喝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x96 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x559D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000559D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u559d

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	B3DC
kCCCII	21366B
kCNS1986	1-5E42
kCNS1992	1-5E42
kCangjie	RAPV
kCantonese	hot3
kCihaiT	284.201
kCowles	1199
kDaeJaweon	0421.030
kDefinition	drink; shout, call out
kEACC	21366B
kFanqie	於犗許葛呼合
kFenn	239A
kFennIndex	154.02 156.07
kFourCornerCode	6602.7
kGB0	2640
kGB1	2640
kGradeLevel	1
kGSR	0313k
kHangul	갈:0N
kHanYu	10653.130
kHanyuPinlu	hē(340) he(37) hè(19)
kHanyuPinyin	10653.130:yè,hè,hē,kài
kHKGlyph	0629
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0421.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10653.130
kIRGKangXi	0199.110
kIRG_GSource	G0-3A48
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B3DC
kIRG_JSource	J0-3365
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-CDE2
kIRG_KSource	K0-4A62
kIRG_TSource	T1-5E42
kIRG_VSource	V1-4F5F
kJapanese	カツアイしかる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:2639
kJapaneseKun	SHIKARU
kJapaneseOn	KATSU AI
kJis0	1969
kKangXi	0199.110
kKarlgren	73
kKorean	KAL AY
kLau	1239
kMainlandTelegraph	0824
kMandarin	hē
kMatthews	2123
kMeyerWempe	807
kMojiJoho	MJ008468 MJ030250:FE00 MJ008468:E0102 MJ030250:E0103
kMorohashi	03960:FE00 03960:E0103
kNelson	0953
kPhonetic	510
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1475+30.3.8
kRSUnicode	30.9
kSBGY	387.09 483.09
kSMSZD2003Index	111.02
kSMSZD2003Readings	hē粵hot3 hè粵hot3
kTaiwanTelegraph	0824
kTang	xɑt
kTGHZ2013	133.130:hē 135.140:hè
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	hát
kXerox	245:343
kXHC1983	0448.070:hē 0455.120:hè