U+55C6 "嗆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+55C6 "嗆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of choking, suffocating, or being irritated by a strong smell or flavor, often in the context of coughing or discomfort from inhaling smoke, dust, or spicy substances. It is composed of the mouth radical on the left, indicating its connection to oral or respiratory actions, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation, which varies across different Chinese dialects such as Mandarin (qiàng) and Cantonese (coeng3). This character appears in everyday vocabulary to describe physical reactions to irritants, for example, in the common phrase "嗆到" meaning to choke or get choked, and it also carries extended uses in some contexts to imply opposing or confronting someone verbally.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
嗆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
嗆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x97 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x55C6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000055C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u55c6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
B6E6 |
| kCCCII |
213722 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-634D |
| kCNS1992 |
1-634D |
| kCangjie |
ROIR |
| kCantonese |
coeng1 |
| kCihaiT |
287.205 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0424.300 |
| kDefinition |
choke by smoke; irritates nose |
| kEACC |
213722 |
| kFanqie |
七羊 |
| kFenn |
679I |
| kFennIndex |
47.07 |
| kFourCornerCode |
6806.7 |
| kGB1 |
3926 |
| kHanYu |
10669.100 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10669.100:qiāng,qiàng,chéng |
| kHKGlyph |
0656 |
| kIICore |
ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0424.300 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10669.100 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0202.030 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-473A |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-B6E6 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J1-3578 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K2-282E |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-634D |
| kJapanese |
ショウ ソウ ジョウ |
| kJapaneseKun |
TSUIBAMU MUSERU TSUMARU |
| kJapaneseOn |
SHOU SOU |
| kJis1 |
2188 |
| kKangXi |
0202.030 |
| kKorean |
CHANG |
| kMandarin |
qiāng |
| kMatthews |
678 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3335a |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ008513 |
| kMorohashi |
04051 |
| kPhonetic |
254 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+19247+30.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode |
30.10 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"呛" U+545B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
113.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
qiāng粵coeng1 qiàng粵coeng3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0850 |
| kTotalStrokes |
13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HMT |
| kXerox |
273:317 |
| kXHC1983 |
0917.041:qiāng 0919.081:qiàng |