U+5609 "嘉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5609 "嘉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that conveys meanings of excellence, praise, beauty, and auspiciousness, commonly appearing in terms such as "jia" (good or fine) and in compound words like 嘉賓 (distinguished guest) or 嘉獎 (commendation). Historically, it is used in classical literature and modern contexts to signify something worthy of approval or celebration, and it also appears in the name of the Jiāqìng era of the Qing dynasty, reflecting a period of prosperity. The character is structurally composed of the radical 士 (scholar) and the phonophoric component 加 (to add), blending semantic and phonetic elements within the CJK Unified Ideographs block.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5609
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	嘉
HTML Hex Encoding	嘉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x98 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5609
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005609
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5609

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

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kCNS1992	1-682D
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kCihaiT	288.303
kCowles	1413
kDaeJaweon	0427.250
kDefinition	excellent; joyful; auspicious
kEACC	21372D
kFanqie	古牙
kFenn	716E
kFennIndex	42.10
kFourCornerCode	4046.1
kGB0	2846
kGB1	2846
kGSR	0015g
kHangul	가:0N
kHanYu	10672.110
kHanyuPinyin	10672.110:jiā
kHKGlyph	0663
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0427.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10672.110
kIRGKangXi	0205.070
kIRG_GSource	G0-3C4E
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B9C5
kIRG_JSource	J0-3245
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-CDA9
kIRG_KSource	K0-4A29
kIRG_TSource	T1-682D
kIRG_VSource	V2-8B25
kJapanese	カ ケ ゲ よい よみする
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3056
kJapaneseKun	YOMISURU YOI
kJapaneseOn	KA
kJis0	1837
kKangXi	0205.070
kKarlgren	342
kKorean	KA
kLau	775
kMainlandTelegraph	0857
kMandarin	jiā
kMatthews	592
kMeyerWempe	928
kMojiJoho	MJ008581 MJ008581:E0102 MJ008582:E0103 MJ008583:E0104
kMorohashi	04176 04176:E0102
kNelson	1136
kPhonetic	532
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1349+30.3.11 C+1349+33.3.11 V+20093+30.3.11 V+20093+33.3.11
kRSUnicode	30.11
kSBGY	166.32
kSMSZD2003Index	115.15 144.02
kSMSZD2003Readings	jiā粵gaa1
kTaiwanTelegraph	0857
kTang	ga
kTGHZ2013	161.040:jiā
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	253:077
kXHC1983	0541.060:jiā