U+59BA "妺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

妺

U+59BA "妺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to the name of a legendary figure, most notably the wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty, King Jie, who is often blamed for the dynasty's downfall due to her alleged role in his decadence and tyranny. Pronounced "mò" in Mandarin, it is composed of the radical for "woman" on the left and a phonetic component on the right, and its usage is rare in modern Chinese, appearing primarily in classical texts and historical references. This character is distinct from the similar-looking character "妲" (dá), which is associated with Daji, the concubine of the last Shang king, reflecting a broader pattern in Chinese historiography where female figures were sometimes portrayed as catalysts for dynastic collapse.

General Properties

Code Point	U+59BA
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	妺
HTML Hex Encoding	妺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xA6 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x59BA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000059BA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u59ba

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

kBigFive	CC45
kCCCII	217A2A
kCNS1986	2-2626
kCNS1992	2-2626
kCangjie	VDJ
kCantonese	mut6
kCihaiT	383.203
kDaeJaweon	0522.240
kDefinition	wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
kEACC	217A2A
kFanqie	莫撥
kFourCornerCode	4549.0
kGB3	2817
kHanYu	21034.070
kHanyuPinyin	21034.070:mò
kIBMJapan	FAA5
kIRGDaeJaweon	0522.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21034.070
kIRGKangXi	0257.290
kIRG_GSource	G3-3C31
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CC45
kIRG_JSource	J1-3937
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3CFF
kIRG_KSource	K2-2C22
kIRG_TSource	T2-2626
kJapanese	バツマツマチ
kJapaneseKun	AZANA
kJapaneseOn	BATSU MACHI MATSU
kJis1	2523
kKangXi	0257.290
kMandarin	mò
kMatthews	4547
kMojiJoho	MJ009617
kMorohashi	06139
kPhonetic	931*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+8431+38.3.5
kRSUnicode	38.5
kSBGY	485.19
kSMSZD2003Index	153.21
kSMSZD2003Readings	mò粵mut6
kSpoofingVariant	U+59B9
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXHC1983	0802.030:mò