U+5632 "嘲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5632 "嘲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of "to ridicule," "to mock," or "to jeer," often associated with derisive laughter or sarcastic commentary. Its composition combines the mouth radical "口" on the left, indicating speech or sound, with the phonetic component "朝" on the right, which also carries a secondary connotation of "morning" or "dynasty" but here primarily contributes to the character's pronunciation (cháo or zhāo in Mandarin). In classical and modern Chinese texts, this character appears in words like "嘲笑" (cháoxiào, meaning to laugh at or mock) and "嘲弄" (cháonòng, meaning to tease or taunt), and it is also used in Japanese as part of the kanji system with similar meanings. This character exemplifies how the addition of the mouth radical to a phonetic element can create a logogram that captures a specific vocal action, enriched by cultural contexts of humor and satire across East Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+5632
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 嘲
HTML Hex Encoding 嘲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x98 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5632
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005632
C/C++/Java Escape \u5632

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 BC4A
kCCCII 213736
kCNS1986 1-6C34
kCNS1992 1-6C34
kCangjie RJJB
kCantonese zaau1
kCihaiT 290.303
kCowles 106
kDaeJaweon 0430.060
kDefinition ridicule, deride, scorn, jeer at
kEACC 213736
kFanqie 陟交
kFenn 16H
kFennIndex 19.08 21.07
kFourCornerCode 6702.0
kGB0 1916
kGB1 1916
kHangul 조:0N
kHanYu 10681.100
kHanyuPinlu cháo(28)
kHanyuPinyin 10681.100:cháo,zhāo
kHKGlyph 0673
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0430.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10681.100
kIRGKangXi 0207.080
kIRG_GSource G0-3330
kIRG_HSource HB1-BC4A
kIRG_JSource J0-535E
kIRG_KPSource KP0-E8F4
kIRG_KSource K0-703F
kIRG_TSource T1-6C34
kIRG_VSource V1-4F75
kJapanese チョウ トウ あざける
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:3238
kJapaneseKun AZAKERU
kJapaneseOn TOU CHOU
kJis0 5162
kKangXi 0207.080
kKorean CO
kLau 1306
kMainlandTelegraph 0877
kMandarin cháo
kMatthews 249
kMeyerWempe 114
kMojiJoho MJ008622 MJ008623:E0102 MJ008622:E0103
kMorohashi 04254 04254:E0103
kNelson 0992
kPhonetic 217
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4433+30.3.12 V+7821+30.3.12
kRSUnicode 30.12
kSBGY 154.08
kSMSZD2003Index 117.15
kSMSZD2003Readings cháo,zhāo粵zaau1
kTaiwanTelegraph 0877
kTang djau
kTGHZ2013 040.090:cháo
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese trào
kXerox 264:057
kXHC1983 0128.020:cháo 1458.030:zhāo