U+59EF "姯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+59EF "姯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character composed of the radical for "woman" (女) on the left and the phonetic component "光" (guāng, meaning "light" or "radiance") on the right. Its traditional meaning is associated with a woman's bright, radiant, or beautiful appearance, similar to the idea of being glowing or graceful. However, this character is not commonly encountered in modern standard Chinese, and its usage appears predominantly in historical or literary contexts, such as classical poetry or personal names where unique or evocative characters are chosen.

General Properties

Code Point U+59EF
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 姯
HTML Hex Encoding 姯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA7 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x59EF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000059EF
C/C++/Java Escape \u59ef

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

kCCCII 237932
kCNS1986 E-2C24
kCNS1992 3-2C24
kCangjie VFMU
kCantonese gwong1
kDaeJaweon 0527.030
kGB5 3169
kHanYu 21044.030
kHanyuPinyin 21044.030:guāng
kIRGDaeJaweon 0527.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21044.030
kIRGKangXi 0260.270
kIRG_GSource G5-3F65
kIRG_HSource H-9854
kIRG_JSource J1-3947
kIRG_KSource K2-2C37
kIRG_TSource T3-2C24
kJapanese コウ
kJapaneseKun MIMEYOI
kJapaneseOn KOU
kJis1 2539
kKangXi 0260.270
kMandarin guāng
kMojiJoho MJ009674
kMorohashi 06233
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21398+38.3.6
kRSUnicode 38.6
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 H