U+56DF "囟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
囟
U+56DF "囟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the fontanel, the soft spot on an infant's skull where the bones have not yet fused, and it is also used to denote the brain or the top of the head. It is a less common character in modern Chinese, often appearing in classical texts or medical contexts related to anatomy. The character's structure depicts a simplified image of a head with a divided top, reflecting its symbolic meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+56DF |
| 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 | 囟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 囟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x9B 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x56DF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000056DF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u56df |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C9C7 |
| kCCCII | 217370 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2227 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2227 |
| kCangjie | HWK |
| kCantonese | seon3 |
| kCihaiT | 302.201 |
| kCowles | 3745 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0444.010 |
| kDefinition | top of the head; skull |
| kEACC | 217370 |
| kFanqie | 息晉 |
| kFennIndex | 184.01 186.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2600.0 |
| kGB0 | 5622 |
| kGB1 | 5622 |
| kHangul | 신:1N |
| kHanYu | 10713.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10713.030:xìn |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0444.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10713.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0216.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5836 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-C9C7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2455 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3B2C |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-656F |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2227 |
| kJapanese | シン シ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3611 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,04,53 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIYOMEKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN SHI |
| kJis1 | 2285 |
| kKangXi | 0216.270 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kMandarin | xìn |
| kMatthews | 2752 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2887 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008821 |
| kMorohashi | 04691 |
| kPhonetic | 1269 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17410+31.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 31.3 |
| kSBGY | 392.08 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4ABF<kMatthews U+9856<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 124.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xìn粵seon3,seon2 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+5016<kFenn U+5E78<kFenn U+9856 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 407.170:xìn |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 317:144 |
| kXHC1983 | 1286.040:xìn |