U+59D8 "姘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姘
U+59D8 "姘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in written Chinese and Japanese kanji. It is composed of the radical for woman or female and the phonetic component "并" which suggests the sound bīng or pīng in Mandarin. The character historically carries meanings related to illicit or improper relationships, specifically referring to a concubine or a woman engaged in a cohabitating but non-marital sexual relationship, and is often associated with terms like "姘头" meaning a mistress or paramour. In modern usage, it retains a negative or derogatory connotation, describing extramarital affairs or cohabitation without formal marriage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59D8 |
| 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 | 姘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59d8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABB9 |
| kCCCII | 21396A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-505B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-505B |
| kCangjie | VTT |
| kCantonese | ping1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0525.150 |
| kDefinition | illicit sexual relations |
| kEACC | 21396A |
| kFanqie | 普耕 普丁 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4844.1 |
| kGB0 | 7016 |
| kGB1 | 7016 |
| kHanYu | 21047.100 21059.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21047.100:pīn,pín 21059.060:pín,pīn |
| kHKGlyph | 0902 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0525.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21047.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0259.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6630 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABB9 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-009647 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3D5D |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2C2F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-505B |
| kJapanese | ヒン ホウ ヘイ |
| kTGH | 2013:4387 |
| kJapaneseOn | HIN HAU HEI |
| kKangXi | 0259.160 |
| kLau | 2509 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 8280 |
| kMandarin | pīn |
| kMatthews | 5297 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009647 MJ009647:E0100 MJ009648:E0101 |
| kMorohashi | 06199 06199:E0100 06366:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1055 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 189.18 195.22 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 156.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pīn粵ping1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 8281 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 284.140:pīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 316:277 |
| kXHC1983 | 0876.070:pīn |