U+5679 "噹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
噹
U+5679 "噹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in Traditional Chinese contexts, where it functions as an onomatopoeic symbol representing a clanging or ringing sound, such as that of a bell or a metallic strike. It is most frequently encountered in the word "叮噹" (ding-dang), which mimics the sound of small bells or jingling objects. Although less common in Simplified Chinese, where it may be replaced by simplified equivalents or phonetic substitutes, "噹" retains its specific auditory and cultural nuance in written forms, particularly in literary descriptions, festive decorations, and brand names that evoke a crisp, resonant noise.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5679 |
| 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 | 噹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 噹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x99 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5679 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005679 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5679 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BEB4 |
| kCCCII | 213746 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-703D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-703D |
| kCangjie | RFBW |
| kCantonese | dong1 |
| kCihaiT | 292.401 |
| kDefinition | sound of bells |
| kEACC | 213746 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6906.6 |
| kGB1 | 8811 |
| kHanYu | 10690.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10690.060:dāng |
| kHKGlyph | 0688 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10690.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0211.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-782B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BEB4 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-008706 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-703D |
| kJapanese | トウ |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU |
| kKangXi | 0211.121 |
| kMandarin | dāng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008706 |
| kMorohashi | 04432 |
| kPhonetic | 1377 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.13 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "当" U+5F53 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "𪠽" U+2A83D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 120.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dāng粵dong1 |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 255:141 |
| kXHC1983 | 0213.042:dāng |