U+5856 "塖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5856 "塖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character, primarily used in classical or historical contexts, that represents the concept of a "ladder" or "stairs" but more specifically refers to a "ridge" or "earthen embankment" in ancient agricultural or geographical terminology. Its structure combines the radical for "earth" or "soil," indicating its connection to land or mounds, with a phonetic component that gives it its pronunciation, though the character is not commonly found in modern Chinese writing or standard dictionaries. It occupies a niche position in the vast CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph repertoire, serving as a linguistic artifact for scholars studying ancient texts or inscriptions where such precise topographical terms were employed.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
塖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
塖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0xA1 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5856 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005856 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5856 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
21774E |
| kCNS1986 |
E-405B |
| kCNS1992 |
3-405B |
| kCangjie |
GHDP |
| kCantonese |
sing4 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0473.100 |
| kEACC |
21774E |
| kFanqie |
食陵 |
| kGB5 |
2254 |
| kHanYu |
10472.110 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0473.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10472.110 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0235.170 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G5-3656 |
| kIRG_JSource |
JMJ-009208 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T3-405B |
| kJapanese |
ショウ |
| kJapaneseOn |
SHOU |
| kKangXi |
0235.170 |
| kMandarin |
chéng |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ009208 |
| kMorohashi |
05335 |
| kRSUnicode |
32.10 |
| kSBGY |
199.37 |
| kTotalStrokes |
13 |