U+55CA "嗊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

嗊

U+55CA "嗊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb or noun in different contexts. In Mandarin Chinese, it is commonly used to mean "to urge" or "to spur on," often implying pushing someone along or encouraging action, though it can also carry a dismissive or abrupt tone in certain compound words. Additionally, this character appears in regional dialects and historical texts, where it may convey sounding or shouting. Its structure combines the mouth radical on the left, indicating speech or sound, with a phonetic component on the right, following the typical pattern of phono-semantic compound characters in Chinese writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+55CA
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	嗊
HTML Hex Encoding	嗊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x97 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x55CA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000055CA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u55ca

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

kBigFive	DCCF
kCCCII	217161
kCNS1986	2-4174
kCNS1992	2-4174
kCangjie	RMBC
kCantonese	fung2
kCihaiT	288.202
kDaeJaweon	0424.370
kDefinition	used in place and other names
kEACC	217161
kFanqie	呼孔
kFourCornerCode	6108.6
kGB3	2218
kHanYu	10664.120
kHanyuPinyin	10664.120:hǒng,gǒng,gòng
kIRGDaeJaweon	0424.370
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10664.120
kIRGKangXi	0202.140
kIRG_GSource	G3-3632
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DCCF
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-008517
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3A6C
kIRG_KSource	K2-2830
kIRG_TSource	T2-4174
kIRG_VSource	V2-8A7B
kJapanese	コウク
kJapaneseOn	KOU KU
kKangXi	0202.140
kKorean	HONG
kMandarin	hǒng
kMojiJoho	MJ008517
kMorohashi	04058
kRSUnicode	30.10
kSBGY	237.22
kSimplifiedVariant	"唝" U+551D CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	113.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	hǒng粵fung2 gòng粵gung3
kTaiwanTelegraph	8180
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	310:320