U+55CF "嗏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+55CF "嗏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) primarily used in literary or historical contexts, rather than in modern everyday vocabulary. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth), which relates to speech or vocal sounds, and a phonetic component "茶" (tea), suggesting a possible connection to a sound or exclamation associated with drinking tea or a specific social interaction. In older texts, it may function as an onomatopoeic word or an interjection to express a sigh, a call, or a sudden emotion, though its precise usage can vary depending on the time period and textual tradition. Because it is not commonly encountered in contemporary Mandarin or Cantonese, it remains a specialized glyph found mainly in classical literature or historical dictionaries.

General Properties

Code Point U+55CF
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 嗏
HTML Hex Encoding 嗏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x97 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x55CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000055CF
C/C++/Java Escape \u55cf

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 DCD8
kCCCII 21716F
kCNS1986 2-417D
kCNS1992 2-417D
kCangjie RTOD
kCantonese caa1
kCheungBauer 030/10;IKMG;zaa2
kCheungBauerIndex 374.05
kCihaiT 287.308
kCowles 407.5
kDaeJaweon 0425.030
kDefinition (Cant.) imperative final particle
kEACC 21716F
kFourCornerCode 6409.8
kGB3 2265
kHanYu 10650.010
kHanyuPinyin 10650.010:chā
kIRGDaeJaweon 0425.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10650.010
kIRGKangXi 0202.220
kIRG_GSource G3-3661
kIRG_HSource HB2-DCD8
kIRG_JSource JMJ-008522
kIRG_KSource K2-2835
kIRG_TSource T2-417D
kJapanese サ セ
kJapaneseOn SA SHA
kKangXi 0202.220
kMandarin chā
kMojiJoho MJ008522
kMorohashi 04066
kPhonetic 14
kRSUnicode 30.10
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HMT