U+59AF "妯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
妯
U+59AF "妯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the relationship between the wives of brothers, specifically referring to a "sister-in-law" in the context of a woman's husband's brother's wife. Pronounced as "zhóu" in Mandarin, it is commonly used in the compound word "妯娌" (zhóuli), which collectively describes the bond between women married into the same family, often emphasizing the family dynamics and social interactions among them. This character is part of the Kangxi Radical grouping for "woman" (女) and carries cultural significance in East Asian traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59AF |
| 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 | 妯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 妯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA6 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59af |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A96F |
| kCCCII | 213960 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C71 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C71 |
| kCangjie | VLW |
| kCantonese | zuk6 |
| kCihaiT | 380.504 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0522.120 |
| kDefinition | wives of one's brothers; sister-i |
| kEACC | 213960 |
| kFanqie | 丑鳩 直六 |
| kFenn | 818G |
| kFennIndex | 90.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4546.0 |
| kGB0 | 7008 |
| kGB1 | 7008 |
| kGSR | 1079e |
| kHangul | 축:1N |
| kHanYu | 21037.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21037.030:chōu,zhóu |
| kHKGlyph | 0893 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0522.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21037.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0257.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6628 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A96F |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-3933 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3D14 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7057 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C71 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-516A |
| kJapanese | チク ジク ロク トク ドク テキ ジャク チュウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4065 |
| kJapaneseKun | AIYOME UGOKU SAWAGU ITAMU |
| kJapaneseOn | CHUU JIKU ROKU TOKU DOKU |
| kJis1 | 2519 |
| kKangXi | 0257.160 |
| kKarlgren | 253 |
| kKorean | CHWUK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1187 |
| kMandarin | zhóu |
| kMatthews | 1377 |
| kMeyerWempe | 404a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009606 |
| kMorohashi | 06125 |
| kPhonetic | 1512 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19308+38.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.5 |
| kSBGY | 206.08 454.37 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 153.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhóu粵zuk6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1187 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 482.080:zhóu |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | dâu |
| kXerox | 270:115 |
| kXHC1983 | 1505.060:zhóu |