U+5900 "夀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
夀
U+5900 "夀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of longevity or long life. It is an alternative, older variant of the more common character 壽 (shòu), often used in calligraphy, seals, and decorative contexts to convey wishes for a long and prosperous life. The character features a distinctive composition with components associated with age and time, and it appears in classical texts, artistic inscriptions, and cultural artifacts throughout East Asia, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean traditions where it symbolizes good fortune and endurance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5900 |
| 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 | 夀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 夀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA4 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5900 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005900 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5900 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2D3877 |
| kCNS1986 | E-6466 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-6466 |
| kCangjie | QMRDI |
| kCantonese | sau6 |
| kCihaiT | 537.601 |
| kDefinition | life; length of life; longevity |
| kEACC | 2D3877 |
| kFennIndex | 460.05 |
| kHanYu | 10490.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10490.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0244.111 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3542 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-009404 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3EC3 |
| kIRG_MSource | MD-5900 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-6466 |
| kJapanese | ジュ ことぶき |
| kKangXi | 0244.111 |
| kLau | 2700 |
| kMandarin | shòu |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009404 MJ057355:E0100 MJ057356:E0101 MJ009404:E0102 MJ057358:E0103 MJ057357:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 07459 07459:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 445 1149 |
| kRSUnicode | 33.12 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+58FD<kLau U+5BFF<kFenn |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kXHC1983 | 1060.022:shòu |