U+55E9 "嗩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗩
U+55E9 "嗩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that corresponds to the simplified form "唢" and is used in the term "suona," which refers to a traditional Chinese double reed horn or trumpet often played at festivals, weddings, and theatrical performances. This ideograph belongs to the standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified character set and is composed of the "mouth" radical (口) on the left, suggesting sound or speech, and the phonetic component "suo" on the right. In modern usage, it primarily serves as a noun for the instrument itself, with its visual form reflecting the noisy, celebratory nature of the suona's piercing tone.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55E9 |
| 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 | 嗩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55e9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DCD4 |
| kCCCII | 217169 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4179 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4179 |
| kCangjie | RFBC |
| kCantonese | so2 |
| kCihaiT | 288.206 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0426.280 |
| kDefinition | flute-like musical instrument |
| kEACC | 217169 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6908.6 |
| kGB1 | 6379 |
| kHanYu | 10667.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10667.060:suǒ |
| kIICore | BTM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0426.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10667.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0204.111 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5F6F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DCD4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-243B |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2841 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4179 |
| kJapanese | サ |
| kJIS0213 | 2,04,27 |
| kJapaneseOn | SA |
| kJis1 | 2207 |
| kKangXi | 0204.111 |
| kKorean | SWAY |
| kMandarin | suǒ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008556 |
| kMorohashi | 04138 |
| kPhonetic | 1227 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17389+30.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "唢" U+5522 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 114.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | suǒ粵so2 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 317:274 |