U+56CE "囎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+56CE "囎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that historically appears in classical texts and regional scripts, though it is not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin or other contemporary CJK languages. Its exact meaning and usage have been subject to scholarly interpretation, often associated with a phonetic component related to gifts or exchange, but it lacks a universally agreed upon definition in mainstream dictionaries. Due to its obscurity, it is primarily of interest to linguists, historians, and specialists studying ancient Chinese documentation or lesser-known variant characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+56CE
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 囎
HTML Hex Encoding 囎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x9B 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x56CE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000056CE
C/C++/Java Escape \u56ce

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

kCangjie RBCA
kCantonese zang6
kEACC 695375
kFourCornerCode 6806.6
kHanYu 10707.151
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10707.151
kIRGKangXi 0215.221
kIRG_GSource GE-3433
kIRG_JSource J0-5375
kJapanese
kJapaneseOn SO
kJis0 5185
kKangXi 0215.221
kMandarin zen
kMojiJoho MJ008801 MJ008801:E0102 MJ008802:E0103 MJ008803:E0104 MJ059441:E0105
kMorohashi H074 H074:E0102
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4456+30.3.19 V+20098+30.3.18
kRSUnicode 30.19
kTotalStrokes 22
kUnihanCore2020 J