U+5AC2 "嫂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嫂
U+5AC2 "嫂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "older brother's wife" or "sister-in-law," used in both modern Mandarin and Classical Chinese contexts. It is composed of the radical 女 (woman) on the left, indicating its female association, and the phonetic component 叟 (meaning "old man") on the right, which gives a clue to its pronunciation as "sǎo" in Mandarin. This character is commonly found in family-related terms, such as 嫂子 (sǎozi) for "elder brother's wife," and it appears in cultural expressions and literature representing familial respect and hierarchy. Its historical use dates back to ancient Chinese texts, where it denoted a specific kinship role within the extended family structure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5AC2 |
| 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 | 嫂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嫂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAB 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5AC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005AC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ac2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B741 |
| kCCCII | 213A38 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6367 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6367 |
| kCangjie | VHXE |
| kCantonese | sou2 |
| kCihaiT | 390.508 |
| kCowles | 3683 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0536.080 |
| kDefinition | sister-in-law, elder brother's wife |
| kEACC | 213A38 |
| kFanqie | 蘇老 |
| kFenn | 681D |
| kFennIndex | 430.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4744.7 |
| kGB0 | 4109 |
| kGB1 | 4109 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 1097k |
| kHangul | 수:0N |
| kHanYu | 21066.180 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sǎo(320) sao(14) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21066.180:sǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 0942 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0536.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21066.180 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0268.340 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4929 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B741 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-553F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3E0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6179 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6367 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5230 |
| kJapanese | ソウ あによめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2810 |
| kJapaneseKun | ANYOME |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 5331 |
| kKangXi | 0268.340 |
| kKorean | SWU |
| kLau | 2872 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1269 |
| kMandarin | sǎo |
| kMatthews | 5434 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2837 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009893 MJ009893:E0102 MJ009894:E0103 MJ009895:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 06603:E0103 |
| kNelson | 1245 |
| kPhonetic | 1143 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4590+38.3.9 V+14119+38.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.10 |
| kSBGY | 302.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 159.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sǎo粵sou2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1269 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 321.060:sǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | dâu |
| kXerox | 252:172 |
| kXHC1983 | 0988.050:sǎo |