U+59EC "姬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姬
U+59EC "姬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a woman of distinguished lineage or a noble lady, often used historically as a surname or title of respect for concubines and female entertainers in ancient China. It also appears in the names of legendary figures and in classical texts, and in modern usage it retains a classical or poetic nuance, sometimes appearing in given names or brand names to evoke elegance or heritage. The character combines a radical related to womanhood with a phonetic component, reflecting its semantic and phonetic structure within the CJK unified ideograph system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59EC |
| 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 | 姬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59ec |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE56 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5478 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5478 |
| kCangjie | VSLL |
| kCantonese | gei1 |
| kCihaiT | 386.207 |
| kCowles | 1617 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0526.240 |
| kDefinition | beauty; imperial concubine |
| kEACC | 213978 |
| kFanqie | 與之 居之 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4141.7 |
| kGB0 | 2807 |
| kGB1 | 2807 |
| kGSR | 0960f |
| kHangul | 희:0N |
| kHanYu | 21049.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21049.150:jī,yí |
| kHKGlyph | 0918 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0526.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21049.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0260.230 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3C27 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE56 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-009670 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6A3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D6F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5478 |
| kJapanese | シン キ イ キョ ひめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4687 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIME |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kKangXi | 0260.230 |
| kKarlgren | 190 |
| kKorean | HUY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1213 |
| kMandarin | jī |
| kMeyerWempe | 1105b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009670 MJ009670:E0102 MJ009671:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 06230 06230:E0102 |
| kNelson | 1218 |
| kPhonetic | 1543 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+13997+38.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.7 |
| kSBGY | 059.14 061.32 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 157.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jī粵gei1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1213 |
| kTang | giə |
| kTGHZ2013 | 154.070:jī |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHKMPT |
| kXHC1983 | 0524.030:jī |