U+5888 "墈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5888 "墈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in literary and historical contexts, though it remains rare in modern everyday usage. Its meaning relates to a steep, rugged cliff or mountain slope, often appearing in classical texts to describe difficult terrain or imposing geographical features. The character is composed of the radical for earth or ground (土) on the left side, combined with the phonetic component 甚 (shèn), which itself carries a sense of deepness or steepness, reinforcing the idea of a formidable, sheer landform.

General Properties

Code Point U+5888
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 墈
HTML Hex Encoding 墈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA2 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5888
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005888
C/C++/Java Escape \u5888

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

kBigFive E165
kCCCII 217763
kCNS1986 2-494C
kCNS1992 2-494C
kCangjie GTVS
kCantonese ham3
kCihaiT 328.503
kCowles 1150
kDaeJaweon 0476.060
kDefinition cliff
kEACC 217763
kFenn 104I
kFennIndex 241.04
kFourCornerCode 4412.7
kGB3 2071
kGB8 9056
kHanYu 10477.100
kHanyuPinyin 10477.100:kàn
kIRGDaeJaweon 0476.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10477.100
kIRGKangXi 0237.260
kIRG_GSource G3-3467
kIRG_HSource HB2-E165
kIRG_JSource J1-383E
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3C14
kIRG_KSource K2-2A7A
kIRG_TSource T2-494C
kJapanese カン コン
kTGH 2013:7630
kJapaneseKun SAKAHI
kJapaneseOn KAN KON
kJis1 2430
kKangXi 0237.260
kKarlgren 303
kLau 1121
kMainlandTelegraph 1082
kMandarin kàn
kMatthews 3255
kMeyerWempe 773a
kMojiJoho MJ009265
kMorohashi 05418
kPhonetic 495
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21358+32.3.11
kRSUnicode 32.11
kSemanticVariant U+78E1<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index 139.06 69.11
kSMSZD2003Readings kàn粵ham3
kTGHZ2013 193.080:kàn
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kXerox 324:125
kXHC1983 0633.020:kàn