U+592D "夭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+592D "夭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys meanings related to youthfulness, premature death, or luxuriant growth. In classical and modern usage, it can denote being young and tender, as in the phrase "夭折" which means to die young or to be cut short prematurely. Alternatively, it also appears in contexts describing flourishing vegetation, such as "夭夭," which evokes the image of lush, vigorous plants. The character's form combines a head-like top element with a posture suggesting bending or curving, reflecting its historical pictographic origins in depicting a person with a bowed or frail stance. As an integral part of the Chinese writing system, it appears in literary works, names, and idioms, carrying nuanced connotations of innocence, fragility, or natural abundance depending on its syntactic context.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
夭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
夭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0xA4 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x592D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000592D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u592d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A4D4 |
| kCCCII |
213929 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4535 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4535 |
| kCangjie |
HK |
| kCantonese |
jiu1 |
| kCihaiT |
367.602 |
| kCowles |
1386 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0507.040 |
| kDefinition |
young, fresh-looking; die young |
| kEACC |
213929 |
| kFanqie |
於喬 於兆 烏晧 |
| kFenn |
463G |
| kFennIndex |
616.10 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2043.0 |
| kGB0 |
5618 |
| kGB1 |
5618 |
| kGSR |
1141a |
| kHangul |
요:0N |
| kHanYu |
10523.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10523.020:yāo,wò,wāi |
| kHKGlyph |
0840 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0507.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10523.020 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0249.030 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5832 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A4D4 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-5470 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-FAA1 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-686C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4535 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-514A |
| kJapanese |
ヨウ ヤ オウ ヨク オク ワイ わかい わかじに わざわい |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kTGH |
2013:126 |
| kJapaneseKun |
WAKAI WAZAWAI WAKAJINI |
| kJapaneseOn |
YOU OU KA |
| kJis0 |
5280 |
| kKangXi |
0249.030 |
| kKarlgren |
216 |
| kKorean |
YO O |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
1130 |
| kMandarin |
yāo |
| kMatthews |
7277 |
| kMeyerWempe |
914 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ009458 |
| kMorohashi |
05838 |
| kNelson |
0161 |
| kPhonetic |
1594 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+4545+37.3.1 |
| kRSUnicode |
37.1 |
| kSBGY |
151.05 297.22 303.37 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
147.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yāo粵jiu1 yāo,yǎo粵jiu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
1130 |
| kTang |
qyɛ̌u |
| kTGHZ2013 |
427.010:yāo |
| kTotalStrokes |
4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
yểu |
| kXerox |
265:155 |
| kXHC1983 |
1340.010:yāo |