U+55E3 "嗣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

嗣

U+55E3 "嗣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that carries the core meaning of "succession," "inheritance," or "to continue a lineage," often specifically referring to the continuation of a family line or the passing down of a title or legacy. It is composed of the mouth radical (口) on the left, which can relate to speech or declaration, and a complex right component that historically relates to a registry or record, reinforcing its connection to formal documentation of succession. Frequently used in classical texts, official documents, and terms like 嗣子 (sìzǐ) meaning "heir" or 嗣立 (sìlì) meaning "to ascend the throne by succession," this character embodies a deep cultural emphasis on ancestral continuity and the orderly transfer of responsibility across generations in East Asian societies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+55E3
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	嗣
HTML Hex Encoding	嗣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x97 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x55E3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000055E3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u55e3

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	B6E0
kCCCII	21367B
kCNS1986	1-6347
kCNS1992	1-6347
kCangjie	RBSMR
kCantonese	zi6
kCihaiT	287.603
kCowles	4674
kDaeJaweon	0426.100
kDefinition	to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
kEACC	21367B
kFanqie	祥吏
kFenn	701E
kFennIndex	483.02
kFourCornerCode	6722.0
kGB0	4335
kGB1	4335
kGSR	0972k
kHangul	사:0N
kHanYu	10667.110
kHanyuPinyin	10667.110:sì
kHKGlyph	0650
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0426.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10667.110
kIRGKangXi	0203.300
kIRG_GSource	G0-4B43
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B6E0
kIRG_JSource	J0-3B4C
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E0D0
kIRG_KSource	K0-5E4B
kIRG_TSource	T1-6347
kIRG_VSource	V1-4F6E
kJapanese	シジつぐ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5466
kJapaneseKun	TSUGU
kJapaneseOn	SHI
kJis0	2744
kKangXi	0203.300
kKorean	SA
kMainlandTelegraph	0843
kMandarin	sì
kMatthews	5588
kMeyerWempe	3538
kMojiJoho	MJ008547
kMorohashi	04109
kNelson	0969
kPhonetic	1169
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2202+30.3.10
kRSUnicode	30.10
kSBGY	356.34
kSMSZD2003Index	114.05
kSMSZD2003Readings	sì粵zi6
kTaiwanTelegraph	0843
kTang	ziə̀
kTGHZ2013	347.180:sì
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	tự
kXerox	252:137
kXHC1983	1090.120:sì