U+55E2 "嗢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗢
U+55E2 "嗢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and literary contexts, primarily pronounced as "wà" in Mandarin. It carries the meaning of "to laugh" or "to laugh heartily," and is also associated with the action of choking or swallowing, particularly when laughing. Historically, it appears in ancient texts such as the "Shuōwén Jiězì" dictionary, where it is defined as a sound of laughter. While rare in modern everyday Chinese, it remains a part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideograph block, reflecting its cultural and linguistic heritage in East Asian written traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55E2 |
| 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 | 嗢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55E2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055E2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55e2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DCDA |
| kCCCII | 217171 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4221 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4221 |
| kCangjie | RWOT |
| kCantonese | wat1 |
| kCihaiT | 287.602 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0426.080 |
| kDefinition | a loud, prolonged laugh |
| kEACC | 2D7143 |
| kFanqie | 烏没 烏八 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6601.7 |
| kGB3 | 2270 |
| kHangul | 올:1N |
| kHanYu | 10653.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10653.110:wà |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0426.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10653.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0203.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3666 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DCDA |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2439 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3A71 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6847 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4221 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F6D |
| kJapanese | オツ オチ アツ エチ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,04,25 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUSEBU NOMU |
| kJapaneseOn | ECHI OCHI OTSU WATSU |
| kJis1 | 2206 |
| kKangXi | 0203.280 |
| kKorean | OL |
| kMandarin | wà |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008546 MJ008546:E0101 MJ008545:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 04107 04107:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1440 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17387+30.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kSBGY | 481.11 488.46 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 112.07 115.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wà粵wat1 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kVietnamese | ồn |