U+55C5 "嗅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗅
U+55C5 "嗅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a standard traditional Chinese logograph that primarily means "to smell" or "to sniff," often referring to the act of perceiving odors through the nose. This character is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, which can indicate actions related to breathing or vocalization, and the phonetic component "臭" on the right, which itself means "stench" or "scent." In various East Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese historical usage, "嗅" carries a similar semantic meaning and is used in contexts ranging from literal olfactory perception to metaphorical sensing or detecting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55C5 |
| 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 | 嗅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55c5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B6E5 |
| kCCCII | 21367E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-634C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-634C |
| kCangjie | RHUK |
| kCantonese | cau3 |
| kCihaiT | 288.107 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0424.270 |
| kDefinition | smell, scent, sniff; olfactive |
| kEACC | 21367E |
| kFanqie | 許救 |
| kFenn | 852G |
| kFennIndex | 188.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6603.4 |
| kGB0 | 4865 |
| kGB1 | 4865 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 1088c |
| kHangul | 후:0N |
| kHanYu | 10668.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiù(14) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10668.120:xiù |
| kHKGlyph | 0655 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0424.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10668.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0201.360 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5061 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B6E5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-534C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4E7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D2B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-634C |
| kJapanese | キュウ ク かぐ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2927 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAGU |
| kJapaneseOn | KYUU |
| kJis0 | 5144 |
| kKangXi | 0201.360 |
| kKarlgren | 160 |
| kKorean | HWU |
| kLau | 231 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0833 |
| kMandarin | xiù |
| kMatthews | 2792 |
| kMeyerWempe | 180a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008511 MJ008511:E0101 MJ008512:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 04048 04048:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0973 |
| kPhonetic | 91 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4415+30.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+9F45<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 113.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiù粵cau3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0833 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 412.020:xiù |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 257:277 |
| kXHC1983 | 1299.030:xiù |