U+55EC "嗬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗬
U+55EC "嗬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an exclamatory interjection, often used to express surprise, admiration, or agreement in spoken and written language. It appears in various East Asian contexts, including classical literature and modern usage, where it can convey a hearty laugh or an exclamation of sudden realization. Its structure combines the radical for "mouth" (口) with a phonetic component, reflecting its role in vocal expression. This character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses characters shared among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, and it is encoded with the hexadecimal value U+55EC.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55EC |
| 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 | 嗬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55ec |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | RTOR |
| kCantonese | ho4 |
| kCheungBauer | 030/11;RTOR;ho2 |
| kCheungBauerIndex | 376.07 |
| kDefinition | (Cant.) interrogative particle |
| kEACC | 4B356A |
| kFourCornerCode | 6402 |
| kGB0 | 6432 |
| kGB1 | 6432 |
| kHanYu | 10665.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | hē(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10665.080:hē |
| kIICore | BGTH |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10665.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0206.201 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6040 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8F52 |
| kTGH | 2013:5443 |
| kKangXi | 0206.201 |
| kMandarin | hē |
| kPhonetic | 487A* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19250+30.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 117.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hē粵ho1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 133.140:hē |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXerox | 317:301 |
| kXHC1983 | 0448.060:hē |