U+598D "妍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
妍
U+598D "妍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of beauty, elegance, or a pretty appearance, often used in classical and modern Chinese contexts to describe a lovely face or graceful demeanor. Its structure combines the radical for "woman" (女) on the left, suggesting feminine traits, with a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation as "yan" in Mandarin. This character is frequently found in literary works, names, and compound words like "争妍斗艳" meaning striving to outshine in beauty, reflecting its positive aesthetic connotation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+598D |
| 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 | 妍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 妍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA6 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x598D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000598D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u598d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A7B0 |
| kCCCII | 217A44 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4970 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4970 |
| kCangjie | VMT |
| kCantonese | jin4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0520.080 |
| kDefinition | beautiful, handsome; seductive |
| kEACC | 2D7A44 |
| kFanqie | 五堅 |
| kFenn | 34H |
| kFennIndex | 624.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4144.0 |
| kGB0 | 6991 |
| kGB1 | 6991 |
| kHangul | 연:N |
| kHanYu | 21029.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21029.070:yán |
| kHKGlyph | 0878 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0520.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21029.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0256.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-657B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A7B0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-552B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3CF2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2B6A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4970 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5162 |
| kJapanese | ケン うつくしい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3806 |
| kJapaneseKun | UTSUKUSHII |
| kJapaneseOn | KEN GEN |
| kJis0 | 5311 |
| kKangXi | 0256.090 |
| kKorean | YEN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1177 |
| kMandarin | yán |
| kMatthews | 7340 |
| kMeyerWempe | 896c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009571 |
| kMorohashi | 06075 |
| kNelson | 1195 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4570+38.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 135.21 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 153.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yán粵jin4 |
| kTang | ngen |
| kTGHZ2013 | 422.050:yán |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | ngơn |
| kXerox | 264:273 |
| kXHC1983 | 1325.050:yán |