U+56AF "嚯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+56AF "嚯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an onomatopoeic word or an interjection, often used to express surprise, admiration, or a sudden realization, similar to "whoa" or "wow" in English. It can also represent the sound of heavy breathing or a sudden burst of laughter in colloquial contexts. Structurally, it is composed of the "口" (mouth) radical on the left, indicating its relation to speech or sound, and the phonetic component "霍" on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation (huò or huō in Mandarin). While less common in formal writing, this character appears in Chinese literature, comic dialogues, and informal texts to vividly convey emotional reactions or exclamations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+56AF
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	嚯
HTML Hex Encoding	嚯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x9A 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x56AF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000056AF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u56af

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

kCNS1986	E-5A2D
kCNS1992	3-5A2D
kCangjie	RMBG
kCantonese	ho1
kDaeJaweon	0436.230
kEACC	4D3359
kFourCornerCode	6101
kGB0	6475
kGB1	6475
kHanYu	10701.200
kHanyuPinyin	10701.200:xuè,huò
kIRGDaeJaweon	0436.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10701.200
kIRGKangXi	0213.471
kIRG_GSource	G0-606B
kIRG_HSource	H-8B6C
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-008768
kIRG_KSource	K2-2937
kIRG_TSource	T3-5A2D
kIRG_VSource	V1-5032
kJapanese	ギャク
kTGH	2013:6382
kKangXi	0213.471
kMandarin	huò
kMojiJoho	MJ008768
kMorohashi	04575
kPhonetic	371*
kRSUnicode	30.16
kTGHZ2013	152.060:huò
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kVietnamese	oác
kXerox	317:316
kXHC1983	0515.020:huò