U+5982 "如" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
如
U+5982 "如" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "like," "as," "if," or "to be like," and is commonly used in classical and modern Chinese to express similarity, condition, or conformity. It consists of the radical "女" (woman) with the phonetic component "口" (mouth), and its ancient form originally depicted a woman speaking or giving instructions, conveying the idea of following or acting according to someone's words. This character appears frequently in compounds such as "如果" (if), "如此" (like this), and "如意" (as one wishes), making it a fundamental element in both literary and everyday Chinese written expression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5982 |
| 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 | 如 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 如 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA6 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5982 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005982 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5982 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A670 |
| kCCCII | 21394A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4771 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4771 |
| kCangjie | VR |
| kCantonese | jyu4 |
| kCihaiT | 378.502 |
| kCowles | 4873 |
| kDefinition | if, supposing; as if; like, as |
| kEACC | 21394A |
| kFanqie | 人諸 人恕 |
| kFenn | 554B |
| kFennIndex | 231.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4640.0 |
| kGB0 | 4071 |
| kGB1 | 4071 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0094g |
| kHangul | 여:0E |
| kHanYu | 21025.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | rú(2323) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21025.090:rú |
| kHKGlyph | 0873 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21025.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0255.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4867 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A670 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4721 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F8CA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-657D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4771 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5160 |
| kJapanese | ジョ ニョ ごとくする ごとし しく もし ゆく |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:578 |
| kJapaneseKun | GOTOKU SHIKU YUKU |
| kJapaneseOn | JO NYO |
| kJis0 | 3901 |
| kKangXi | 0255.210 |
| kKorean | YE |
| kLau | 3523 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1172 |
| kMandarin | rú |
| kMatthews | 3137 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3622 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009559 |
| kMorohashi | 06060 |
| kNelson | 1189 |
| kPhonetic | 990 1606 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3287+30.3.3 C+3287+38.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.3 |
| kSBGY | 071.09 363.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 152.02 92.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | rú粵jyu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1172 |
| kTang | *njiu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 316.110:rú |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | như |
| kXerox | 241:165 |
| kXHC1983 | 0972.010:rú |