U+5697 "嚗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5697 "嚗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character primarily found in historical or classical texts rather than modern everyday usage. Its traditional pronunciation and meaning are not universally standardized, but it is generally understood to relate to sounds or expressions, often associated with the idea of a bursting or explosive noise, similar to the sound of a crack or a pop. The character is constructed with the mouth radical (口), indicating its connection to vocal or oral actions, combined with a phonetic component that suggests its pronunciation. Due to its obscurity, the character appears mainly in specialized dictionaries or archival records, and its usage has largely faded from common contemporary Chinese writing, making it a point of interest for linguists studying archaic or rare logograms.

General Properties

Code Point U+5697
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 嚗
HTML Hex Encoding 嚗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x9A 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5697
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005697
C/C++/Java Escape \u5697

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 EFBC
kCCCII 217344
kCNS1986 2-6148
kCNS1992 2-6148
kCangjie RATE
kCantonese bok3
kCihaiT 292.608
kDaeJaweon 0435.210
kFanqie 北角
kFourCornerCode 6603.2
kGB3 2341
kGSR 1136e
kHanYu 10699.170
kHanyuPinyin 10699.170:bó,pào,bào
kIRGDaeJaweon 0435.210
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10699.170
kIRGKangXi 0212.370
kIRG_GSource G3-3749
kIRG_HSource HB2-EFBC
kIRG_JSource JMJ-008738
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3AF9
kIRG_KSource K2-2929
kIRG_TSource T2-6148
kJapanese ハク バク ホウ ボク ボウ ヒョウ
kJapaneseOn HAKU BOKU HOU HYOU
kKangXi 0212.370
kKorean PAK
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ008738
kMorohashi 04512
kPhonetic 1072
kRSUnicode 30.15
kSBGY 465.36
kTotalStrokes 18
kUnihanCore2020 HMT