U+55E1 "嗡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗡
U+55E1 "嗡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the sound or hum of buzzing, often associated with insects like bees or flies, as well as the resonant vibration of chanting or droning. It is also prominently used in Buddhist and Taoist practices as an onomatopoeic syllable in mantras, most notably forming the first part of the Tibetan Om Mani Padme Hum. In modern standard Chinese, "嗡" functions both as a phonetic component and a character to describe a low, continuous noise, such as an engine’s roar or a ringing in the ears.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55E1 |
| 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 | 嗡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55e1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B6E4 |
| kCCCII | 213723 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-634B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-634B |
| kCangjie | RCIM |
| kCantonese | jung1 |
| kCihaiT | 287.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0426.070 |
| kDefinition | sound of flying bees, airplanes |
| kEACC | 213723 |
| kFanqie | 烏孔 |
| kFenn | 392K |
| kFennIndex | 603.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6802.7 |
| kGB0 | 4643 |
| kGB1 | 4643 |
| kHanYu | 10669.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wēng(56) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10669.120:wēng,wěng |
| kHKGlyph | 0654 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0426.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10669.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0203.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E4B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B6E4 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008544 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3A73 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-283F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-634B |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-325D |
| kJapanese | オウ オ |
| kTGH | 2013:2928 |
| kJapaneseOn | ROU RA |
| kKangXi | 0203.270 |
| kKorean | ONG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0849 |
| kMandarin | wēng |
| kMatthews | 7147 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3942b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008544 |
| kMorohashi | 04106 |
| kPhonetic | 1654 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 114.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wēng粵jung1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 386.090:wēng |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | óng |
| kXerox | 255:333 |
| kXHC1983 | 1208.060:wēng |