U+5944 "奄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5944 "奄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily carries the meanings of "cover," "overspread," or "suddenly," and it is also used in classical contexts to denote a state of being vast or encompassing. In modern usage, it appears in words like "奄奄一息" (yǎn yǎn yī xī), meaning "at one's last gasp" or "dying," and it can function as a surname or a component in other compound characters. Historically, the character has been part of the standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) character set, reflecting its roots in ancient Chinese script where it was often associated with concepts of concealment or abruptness. Its structure combines the radical "大" (big) with the phonetic element "申" (explain or extend), suggesting a semantic blend of breadth and sudden action.

General Properties

Code Point U+5944
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 奄
HTML Hex Encoding 奄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA5 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5944
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005944
C/C++/Java Escape \u5944

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 A961
kCCCII 213933
kCNS1986 1-4C63
kCNS1992 1-4C63
kCangjie KLWU
kCantonese jim2
kCihaiT 370.204
kDaeJaweon 0510.080
kDefinition ere long; remain, tarry; feeble
kEACC 213933
kFanqie 衣儉
kFenn 810K
kFennIndex 626.02
kFourCornerCode 4071.6
kGB0 4957
kGB1 4957
kGSR 0614a
kHangul 엄:0N
kHanYu 10534.030
kHanyuPinyin 10534.030:yǎn,yān
kHKGlyph 0850
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0510.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10534.030
kIRGKangXi 0250.210
kIRG_GSource G0-5159
kIRG_HSource HB1-A961
kIRG_JSource J0-3162
kIRG_KPSource KP0-F8C3
kIRG_KSource K0-6572
kIRG_TSource T1-4C63
kIRG_VSource V1-5150
kJapanese エン おおう たちまち
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:3889
kJapaneseKun OOU TACHIMACHI
kJapaneseOn EN
kJis0 1766
kKangXi 0250.210
kKarlgren 238
kKorean EM
kMainlandTelegraph 1141
kMandarin yǎn
kMatthews 7378
kMeyerWempe 871a
kMojiJoho MJ009476
kMorohashi 05881
kNelson 1173
kPhonetic 1562
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1284+37.3.5
kRSUnicode 37.5
kSBGY 335.02
kSMSZD2003Index 148.12
kSMSZD2003Readings yǎn粵jim2 yān粵jim1
kTaiwanTelegraph 1141
kTGHZ2013 423.020:yǎn
kTotalStrokes 8
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese ăm
kXerox 263:330
kXHC1983 1328.110:yǎn