U+55F8 "嗸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嗸
U+55F8 "嗸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally appears in classical texts, often conveying the meaning of a clamorous or distressed sound, such as noisy chatter or the cry of one in sorrow or pain. It is composed of the radical for "mouth" (口) combined with a phonetic and semantic element, reflecting its association with vocal expression. While not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin, it retains historical significance in literary and archaic contexts, where it describes urgent or mournful vocalizations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+55F8 |
| 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 | 嗸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嗸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x97 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x55F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000055F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u55f8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 217227 |
| kCNS1986 | E-462E |
| kCNS1992 | 3-462E |
| kCangjie | QKR |
| kCantonese | ngou4 |
| kCihaiT | 290.105 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0426.360 |
| kDefinition | (same as 嗷) noisy |
| kEACC | 217227 |
| kFanqie | 五勞 |
| kGB5 | 2514 |
| kGSR | 1130f |
| kHanYu | 10664.050 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0426.360 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10664.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0204.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-392E |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008560 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3A9E |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-462E |
| kJapanese | ゴウ |
| kJapaneseOn | GOU |
| kKangXi | 0204.160 |
| kKorean | O |
| kMandarin | áo |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008560 |
| kMorohashi | 04143 |
| kNelson | 0979 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19254+30.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.11 |
| kSBGY | 158.16 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kXerox | 323:274 |