U+55BC "喼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
喼
U+55BC "喼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both Cantonese and Mandarin contexts, though it appears more frequently in Cantonese writing. It is often used as a phonetic character, particularly for transliterating foreign sounds, such as in the word "喼汁" (pronounced "gip1 zap1" in Cantonese), meaning Worcestershire sauce or a similar savory condiment. The character itself carries the semantic component of the mouth radical, indicating its relation to speech or sounds, and its structure combines elements that suggest a borrowing or adaptation for non-native terms. While not among the most common characters in standard Mandarin texts, it holds a distinct place in regional vocabulary and transcription.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55BC |
| 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 | 喼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 喼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x96 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55bc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | RNSP |
| kCantonese | gip1 |
| kCheungBauer | 030/09;RNSP;gep1,gip1,kep1,kip1 |
| kCheungBauerIndex | 367.03 367.04 367.05 367.06 367.07 367.08 367.09 |
| kDefinition | (Cant.) used phonetically in English loan-words (e.g., cap, keep) |
| kHanYu | 10658.111 |
| kIICore | CH |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10658.111 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0201.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | GH-1228 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9BDA |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-057169 |
| kJapanese | きゅう |
| kKangXi | 0201.121 |
| kLau | 924 |
| kMandarin | jiē |
| kMeyerWempe | 1174 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ057169 |
| kPhonetic | 1483* |
| kPseudoGB1 | 9216 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.9 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |