U+5616 "嘖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嘖
U+5616 "嘖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to make a clicking or clucking sound with the tongue," often used to express disapproval, annoyance, or surprise, as in the phrase "嘖嘖" (zézé). It is also employed in Classical Chinese as a particle of interjection or emphasis. The character is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating speech or sound, and the phonetic component "責" (zé) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. In modern usage, it appears in both written and digital contexts, particularly in Traditional Chinese, where it conveys a subtle, expressive tone in dialogue or narration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5616 |
| 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 | 嘖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嘖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x98 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5616 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005616 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5616 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9C9 |
| kCCCII | 213727 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6831 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6831 |
| kCangjie | RQMC |
| kCantonese | zaak3 |
| kCihaiT | 289.302 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0429.060 |
| kDefinition | interjection of approval or admiration |
| kEACC | 213727 |
| kFanqie | 側伯 士革 側革 |
| kFenn | 83H |
| kFennIndex | 549.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6508.6 |
| kGB1 | 6385 |
| kGSR | 0868o |
| kHangul | 책:1N |
| kHanYu | 10672.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10672.090:zé |
| kHKGlyph | 0665 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0429.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10672.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0206.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5F75 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9C9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5354 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3A8F |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6E7A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6831 |
| kJapanese | サク ジャク さけぶ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAKEBU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAKU |
| kJis0 | 5152 |
| kKangXi | 0206.080 |
| kKorean | CHAYK |
| kMandarin | zé |
| kMatthews | 6749 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3342d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008598 |
| kMorohashi | 04204 |
| kNelson | 0980 |
| kPhonetic | 16 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4423+30.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.11 |
| kSBGY | 511.04 514.11 514.16 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "啧" U+5567 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 116.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zé粵zaak3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0862 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 274:247 |