U+5901 "夁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5901 "夁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character, classified under the Kangxi radical 尺 (chǐ, meaning "ruler" or "measure"). Its structure combines elements related to measurement and constraint, though its precise meaning and usage in classical Chinese texts are poorly documented, and it is not commonly found in modern dictionaries or everyday writing. This character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode but occupies a largely archaic or theoretical space in Sino language systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5901
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	夁
HTML Hex Encoding	夁
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xA4 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5901
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005901
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5901

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

kCNS1986	E-504D
kCNS1992	3-504D
kCangjie	GWLW
kCantonese	jat1
kDaeJaweon	0484.180
kHanYu	10491.150
kIRGDaeJaweon	0484.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10491.150
kIRGKangXi	0244.120
kIRG_GSource	GE-3543
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-009405
kIRG_TSource	T3-504D
kJapanese	イツ
kKangXi	0244.120
kMandarin	yī
kMojiJoho	MJ009405
kMorohashi	05680
kRSUnicode	33.13
kTotalStrokes	16