U+5982 "如" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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

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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
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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
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
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kTang *njiu
kTGHZ2013 316.110:rú
kTotalStrokes 6
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese như
kXerox 241:165
kXHC1983 0972.010:rú