U+5959 "奙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5959 "奙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that is not commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. It is composed of the radical for "big" or "large" (大) combined with other components, and its traditional meaning is associated with the idea of "to carry on the back" or "to bear," often relating to a specific type of ancient vehicle or carrying device. This character appears in classical texts and historical dictionaries like the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is noted for its obscure usage and limited appearance in historical literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+5959
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 奙
HTML Hex Encoding 奙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA5 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5959
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005959
C/C++/Java Escape \u5959

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

kCangjie XIKLU
kCantonese bun2
kCihaiT 373.401
kDaeJaweon 0514.040
kHanYu 10387.140
kIRGDaeJaweon 0514.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10387.140
kIRGKangXi 0252.090
kIRG_GSource GE-3551
kIRG_JSource J1-3876
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3CB8
kIRG_TSource T4-2C38
kJapanese ホン
kJapaneseOn HON
kJis1 2486
kKangXi 0252.090
kMandarin běn
kMojiJoho MJ009505
kMorohashi 05929
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19305+28.2.8 C+19305+37.3.7
kRSUnicode 37.7
kTotalStrokes 10