U+55B3 "喳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
喳
U+55B3 "喳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character in the standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, meaning it is used across multiple East Asian writing systems. In Chinese, the character is pronounced as "zhā" or "chā" and primarily functions as an onomatopoeic word, representing a chirping, chattering, or noisy sound, such as birds twittering or people talking in a lively, often indistinct manner. It commonly appears in words like "嘁嘁喳喳" (qīqichāchā), which describes the sound of whispering or low, rapid conversation. Additionally, in some contexts it can carry a neutral or mildly derogatory connotation when referring to loud, trivial talk.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55B3 |
| 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 | 喳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 喳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x96 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55b3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B3E5 |
| kCCCII | 213664 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5E4B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5E4B |
| kCangjie | RDAM |
| kCantonese | zaa1 |
| kCihaiT | 287.115 |
| kCowles | 407 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0424.030 |
| kDefinition | whispering |
| kEACC | 213664 |
| kFenn | 793G |
| kFennIndex | 6.01 8.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6401.6 |
| kGB0 | 5291 |
| kGB1 | 5291 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kHanYu | 10651.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10651.020:zhā,zha |
| kHKGlyph | 0627 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0424.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10651.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0201.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-547B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B3E5 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008497 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2825 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5E4B |
| kJapanese | サ |
| kTGH | 2013:2619 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAWAGU |
| kJapaneseOn | SA |
| kKangXi | 0201.121 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 1269 |
| kMandarin | zhā |
| kMatthews | 68 |
| kMeyerWempe | 61 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008497 |
| kMorohashi | 04022 |
| kPhonetic | 13 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.9 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 112.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhā粵zaa1 chā粵caa1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 034.040:chā 462.020:zhā |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 263:274 |
| kXHC1983 | 0111.060:chā 1447.070:zhā |