U+594F "奏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
奏
U+594F "奏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to play," "to perform," or "to submit," often in the context of music or formal presentation. It combines the radical "大" (large) with a phonetic and semantic component suggesting action or movement, and is commonly used in words like "演奏" (to perform music) or "奏折" (a memorial submitted to the emperor). Historically, the character has deep roots in classical Chinese literature and courtly rituals, where it signified the act of presenting music or official documents to a superior.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+594F |
| 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 | 奏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 奏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA5 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x594F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000594F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u594f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABB5 |
| kCCCII | 213937 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5057 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5057 |
| kCangjie | QKHK |
| kCantonese | zau3 |
| kCihaiT | 372.602 |
| kCowles | 4501 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0512.140 |
| kDefinition | memorialize emperor; report |
| kEACC | 213937 |
| kFanqie | 則候 |
| kFenn | 471F |
| kFennIndex | 555.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5043.0 |
| kGB0 | 5564 |
| kGB1 | 5564 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 1229a |
| kHangul | 주:0E |
| kHanYu | 10537.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zòu(26) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10537.010:zòu,còu |
| kHKGlyph | 0853 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0512.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10537.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0251.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5760 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABB5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4155 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9E3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7134 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5057 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5154 |
| kJapanese | ソウ シュ かなでる もうす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1354 |
| kJapaneseKun | KANADERU SUSUMERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 3353 |
| kKangXi | 0251.150 |
| kKorean | CWU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1146 |
| kMandarin | zòu |
| kMatthews | 6808 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3293 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009488 |
| kMorohashi | 05915 |
| kNelson | 1178 |
| kPhonetic | 83 1594 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2775+37.3.6 V+20103+37.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 37.6 |
| kSBGY | 439.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 149.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zòu粵zau3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1146 |
| kTang | tzòu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 494.050:zòu |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tấu |
| kXerox | 247:051 |
| kXHC1983 | 1543.010:zòu |