U+5959 "奙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
奙
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
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 |