U+5723 "圣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
圣
U+5723 "圣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese kanji traditionally meaning "holy," "sacred," or "saint," and it is a simplified form of the character 聖. This character is used in various East Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, where it appears in words related to religious reverence, moral perfection, or honorific titles, such as "shengren" meaning sage or holy person. Its structure combines elements of a hand and an ear, reflecting its historical derivation from the concept of a wise person who hears and understands divine or profound truths. In modern usage, it is commonly found in contexts like names, scriptures, and terms for sacred sites or figures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5723 |
| 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 | 圣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 圣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x9C 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5723 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005723 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5723 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C96F |
| kCCCII | 21743F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2150 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2150 |
| kCangjie | EG |
| kCantonese | sing3 |
| kCihaiT | 312.203 |
| kCowles | 3946 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0455.050 |
| kDefinition | holy, sacred |
| kEACC | 27526F |
| kFanqie | 苦骨 |
| kFennIndex | 447.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1710.4 |
| kGB0 | 4205 |
| kHanYu | 10417.150 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shèng(28) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10417.150:kū,shèng |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0455.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10417.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0223.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4A25 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-C96F |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-245B |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2961 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2150 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-504D |
| kJapanese | コツ コチ セイ |
| kTGH | 2013:340 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,04,59 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAGAYASU |
| kJapaneseOn | KUTSU KOCHI SEI |
| kJis1 | 2315 |
| kKangXi | 0223.060 |
| kKarlgren | 430 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5110 |
| kMandarin | shèng |
| kMatthews | 5753 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2728 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008896 MJ008896:E0101 MJ008897:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 04873:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 204 623 1207 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14419+29.2.3 C+14419+32.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.2 29.3 |
| kSBGY | 482.08 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8056<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 84.03 126.08 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 333.060:shèng |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "聖" U+8056 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | thánh |
| kXHC1983 | 1031.010:shèng |