U+59DA "姚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姚
U+59DA "姚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a surname, tracing back to ancient China and historically associated with the legendary Emperor Shun, who is said to have been born near a place called Yao Xu. In modern usage, Yao remains a common family name in China, also found in other East Asian cultures, and it can occasionally appear in given names, carrying connotations of beauty or grace derived from its original meaning related to a type of flower or elegance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59DA |
| 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 | 姚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59DA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059DA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59da |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABC0 |
| kCCCII | 213972 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5062 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5062 |
| kCangjie | VLMO |
| kCantonese | jiu4 |
| kCihaiT | 383.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0525.180 |
| kDefinition | handsome, elegant; surname |
| kEACC | 213972 |
| kFanqie | 餘昭 |
| kFenn | 383H |
| kFennIndex | 617.14 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4241.3 |
| kGB0 | 5006 |
| kGB1 | 5006 |
| kGSR | 1145d |
| kHangul | 요:0N |
| kHanYu | 21046.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21046.030:yáo,tiào,táo,yào |
| kHKGlyph | 0910 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0525.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21046.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0259.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5226 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABC0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-552D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FAA3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-686E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5062 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5176 |
| kJapanese | ヨウ チョウ トウ ドウ うつくしい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1740 |
| kJapaneseKun | UTSUKUSHII |
| kJapaneseOn | YOU CHOU |
| kJis0 | 5313 |
| kKangXi | 0259.180 |
| kKorean | YO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1202 |
| kMandarin | yáo |
| kMatthews | 7269 |
| kMeyerWempe | 920g |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009650 MJ009650:E0102 MJ009651:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 06202:E0103 |
| kPhonetic | 1221 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4572+38.3.6 V+13530+38.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 148.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 155.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yáo粵jiu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1202 |
| kTang | iɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 427.160:yáo |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | diêu |
| kXerox | 260:064 |
| kXHC1983 | 1340.130:yáo |