U+5A92 "媒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
媒
U+5A92 "媒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in East Asian languages, primarily meaning "matchmaker," "intermediary," or "medium." Its composition combines the radical "女" (woman) on the left and "某" (certain or some) on the right, reflecting the traditional role of a woman acting as a go‑between in marriages. Beyond matchmaking, the character also extends metaphorically to media or vehicle, as seen in words like "媒介" (méijiè) meaning "medium" or "media," and "媒体" (méitǐ) meaning "news media." As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, it is encoded for use across multiple languages and scripts, maintaining a consistent meaning related to connection or intermediation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5A92 |
| 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 | 媒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 媒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAA 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5A92 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005A92 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5a92 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B443 |
| kCCCII | 213A2E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5E68 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5E68 |
| kCangjie | VTMD |
| kCantonese | mui4 |
| kCihaiT | 389.201 |
| kCowles | 2772 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0533.380 |
| kDefinition | go-between, matchmaker; medium |
| kEACC | 213A2E |
| kFanqie | 莫杯 |
| kFenn | 509D |
| kFennIndex | 333.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4449.4 |
| kGB0 | 3529 |
| kGB1 | 3529 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0948c |
| kHangul | 매:0E |
| kHanYu | 21063.130 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21063.130:méi,mèi |
| kHKGlyph | 0939 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0533.380 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21063.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0266.370 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-433D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B443 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-475E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DCBD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-585A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5E68 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-522C |
| kJapanese | バイ メ モウ ボウ なかだち なこうど |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2808 |
| kJapaneseKun | NAKOUDO |
| kJapaneseOn | BAI MAI BOU |
| kJis0 | 3962 |
| kKangXi | 0266.370 |
| kKorean | MAY |
| kLau | 2207 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1252 |
| kMandarin | méi |
| kMatthews | 4397 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1891 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009841 |
| kMorohashi | 06498 |
| kNelson | 1241 |
| kPhonetic | 886 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3348+38.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.9 |
| kSBGY | 096.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 158.21 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | méi粵mui4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1252 |
| kTang | məi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 246.040:méi |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | mối |
| kXerox | 254:076 |
| kXHC1983 | 0771.040:méi |