U+55AF "喯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+55AF "喯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used primarily in written Chinese, though it is considered a rare or obscure character in modern usage. Its pronunciation is typically "bēn" in Mandarin, and its meaning is associated with the sound or action of spitting or blowing out, often conveying a forceful expulsion of air or liquid from the mouth. This character is composed of the mouth radical (口) on the left and the phonetic component "贲" on the right, which suggests both its sound and a connection to concepts like energy or vigor. Due to its low frequency, it is most commonly encountered in specialized dictionaries, historical texts, or as a component in names rather than in everyday language.

General Properties

Code Point U+55AF
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 喯
HTML Hex Encoding 喯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x96 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x55AF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000055AF
C/C++/Java Escape \u55af

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

kCCCII 21713B
kCNS1986 E-3A3B
kCNS1992 3-3A3B
kCangjie RKJT
kCantonese pan3
kDaeJaweon 0423.010
kGB5 2462
kHanYu 10652.080
kHanyuPinyin 10652.080:pèn,bēn
kIRGDaeJaweon 0423.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10652.080
kIRGKangXi 0201.010
kIRG_GSource G5-385E
kIRG_JSource JMJ-008492
kIRG_KSource K2-2822
kIRG_TSource T3-3A3B
kIRG_VSource V0-3174
kJapanese フン
kKangXi 0201.010
kMandarin pèn
kMojiJoho MJ008492
kMorohashi 03994
kPhonetic 1019*
kRSUnicode 30.9
kTotalStrokes 11
kVietnamese buông