U+56B1 "嚱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+56B1 "嚱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that appears in classical texts, primarily used in the context of exclamations or interjections, often conveying a sense of astonishment, sighing, or emotional emphasis similar to words like "alas" or "ah" in English. This character is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating its relation to speech or vocal sound, and the complex right-hand component "戲" (play, drama, or sport), which contributes to its pronunciation and meaning. In historical usage, "嚱" can be found in ancient literary works such as the Tang dynasty poems or philosophical writings, where it serves as a phonetic or expressive element rather than a common modern word. Due to its rarity in contemporary Chinese, it is not often used in everyday language but remains of interest to scholars studying classical Chinese literature, calligraphy, or historical linguistics.

General Properties

Code Point	U+56B1
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	嚱
HTML Hex Encoding	嚱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x9A 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x56B1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000056B1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u56b1

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

kCCCII	217359
kCangjie	RYTI
kCantonese	hei3
kCheungBauer	030/17;RYTI;hei3
kCheungBauerIndex	391.13
kDaeJaweon	0436.250
kDefinition	a shrill noise; alas!
kFanqie	香義
kHanYu	10703.260
kHanyuPinyin	10703.260:xì
kIICore	CH
kIRGDaeJaweon	0436.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10703.260
kIRGKangXi	0213.480
kIRG_GSource	GE-342C
kIRG_HSource	H-8D7E
kIRG_JSource	J1-3666
kIRG_KSource	K2-2938
kIRG_TSource	T4-6331
kJapanese	キ
kJapaneseKun	KOE AA
kJapaneseOn	KI
kJis1	2270
kKangXi	0213.480
kKorean	HUY
kMandarin	xì
kMeyerWempe	694f
kMojiJoho	MJ008769
kMorohashi	04579
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14413+30.3.17
kRSUnicode	30.17
kSBGY	348.29
kSimplifiedVariant	"𰇣" U+301E3 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTang	xyɛ̀
kTotalStrokes	20
kUnihanCore2020	H