U+564C "噌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

噌

U+564C "噌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an ideograph with multiple meanings and uses in East Asian languages, notably in Mandarin Chinese. It is pronounced as "cēng" in Mandarin and is most commonly used as an onomatopoeic word to describe a scraping, swishing, or whizzing sound, often associated with rapid motion like something moving quickly past or being rubbed together. In addition to its sound-symbolic role, the character can also carry a colloquial verbal sense of "to scold" or "to reproach harshly," reflecting a tone of sharp reprimand. Its structure is a combination of the "mouth" radical (口) and the phonetic component "曾," indicating both its auditory and semantic connections to vocal actions and sounds.

General Properties

Code Point	U+564C
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	噌
HTML Hex Encoding	噌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x99 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x564C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000564C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u564c

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	E4F8
kCCCII	217248
kCNS1986	2-4F60
kCNS1992	2-4F60
kCangjie	RCWA
kCantonese	zang1
kCihaiT	290.605
kDaeJaweon	0431.170
kDefinition	scold, shout at
kEACC	217248
kFanqie	楚耕
kFourCornerCode	6806.6
kGB0	6465
kGB1	6465
kHanYu	10686.080
kHanyuPinyin	10686.080:chēng,cēng
kIICore	AGTJM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0431.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10686.080
kIRGKangXi	0208.240
kIRG_GSource	G0-6061
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E4F8
kIRG_JSource	J0-4139
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3AB7
kIRG_KSource	K2-2866
kIRG_TSource	T2-4F60
kJapanese	ソソウショウジョウ
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kTGH	2013:5936
kJapaneseKun	KAMABISUSHI
kJapaneseOn	SOU SO
kJis0	3325
kKangXi	0208.240
kKorean	CAYNG CUNG
kMainlandTelegraph	0886
kMandarin	cēng
kMojiJoho	MJ008657 MJ008656:E0102 MJ008657:E0103
kMorohashi	04303 04303:E0103
kNelson	0984
kPhonetic	68
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2747+30.3.11 V+7721+30.3.12
kRSUnicode	30.12
kSBGY	189.09
kSMSZD2003Index	118.05
kSMSZD2003Readings	cēng粵cang1 chēng粵zang1
kTaiwanTelegraph	0886
kTGHZ2013	033.100:cēng
kTotalStrokes	15
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	302:143
kXHC1983	0110.080:cēng 0135.060:chēng