U+55F6 "嗶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

嗶

U+55F6 "嗶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a phonetic component in various East Asian languages, most notably in Mandarin Chinese where it is pronounced "bì" and often used to represent the sound of a beep or a chirp, as in the onomatopoeic term "嗶嗶" meaning a beeping noise. It also appears in transliterations of foreign words and names, such as the Cantonese adaptation of the English word "beep." Structurally, it belongs to the radical "口" (mouth) in the Kangxi system, indicating its association with sounds or speech, and it consists of 14 total strokes. While not among the most frequently used characters in everyday writing, it is well recognized in modern contexts involving electronic devices, alerts, or comic sound effects.

General Properties

Code Point	U+55F6
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	嗶
HTML Hex Encoding	嗶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x97 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x55F6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000055F6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u55f6

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	B9CD
kCCCII	217239
kCNS1986	1-6835
kCNS1992	1-6835
kCangjie	RWTJ
kCantonese	bat1
kCihaiT	290.203
kDaeJaweon	0426.320
kDefinition	used in transliterations
kEACC	217239
kFenn	825B
kFennIndex	401.07
kFourCornerCode	6605.4
kGB1	6357
kHanYu	10667.070
kHanyuPinyin	10667.070:bì
kIICore	ATM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0426.320
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10667.070
kIRGKangXi	0204.120
kIRG_GSource	G1-5F59
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B9CD
kIRG_JSource	J1-3628
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3A95
kIRG_KSource	K2-2843
kIRG_TSource	T1-6835
kJapanese	ヒツヒチ
kJapaneseOn	HITSU HICHI
kJis1	2208
kKangXi	0204.120
kKorean	PHIL
kMandarin	bì
kMatthews	5121
kMojiJoho	MJ008558
kMorohashi	04139
kPhonetic	1026
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19253+30.3.11
kRSUnicode	30.11
kSimplifiedVariant	"哔" U+54D4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	115.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	bì粵bat1
kTaiwanTelegraph	0874
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	262:366
kXHC1983	0060.121:bì