U+59EA "姪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姪
U+59EA "姪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified forms, primarily meaning "niece" or referring to a brother's child, specifically a daughter of one's sibling. In historical and familial contexts, it distinguishes the relationship from a son or other relatives, and it appears in classical literature and common usage across East Asian languages that adopt Chinese characters, such as Japanese and Korean, where it carries similar meanings related to kinship and family lineage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59EA |
| 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 | 姪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59ea |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABBF |
| kCCCII | 21396E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5061 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5061 |
| kCangjie | VMIG |
| kCantonese | zat6 |
| kCihaiT | 384.301 |
| kCowles | 152 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0526.180 |
| kDefinition | brother's child |
| kEACC | 21396E |
| kFanqie | 直一 徒結 |
| kFenn | 883D |
| kFennIndex | 68.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4141.4 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0413o |
| kHangul | 질:0E |
| kHanYu | 21043.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21043.110:zhí |
| kHKGlyph | 0908 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0526.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21043.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0260.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3565 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABBF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C45 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EBBD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-726B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5061 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-517A |
| kJapanese | テツ チツ デチ ジチ めい おい |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | MEI OI |
| kJapaneseOn | TETSU CHITSU |
| kJis0 | 4437 |
| kKangXi | 0260.190 |
| kKorean | CIL CEL |
| kLau | 1350 |
| kMandarin | zhí |
| kMatthews | 992 |
| kMeyerWempe | 167 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009668 |
| kMorohashi | 06226 |
| kNelson | 1212 |
| kPhonetic | 141 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3793+38.3.6 C+3793+133.6.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 468.25 493.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 155.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhí粵zat6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1212 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | đẹt |
| kXerox | 256:053 |
| kXHC1983 | 1486.061:zhí |