U+5AD6 "嫖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嫖
U+5AD6 "嫖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the act of visiting a prostitute, often in the compound term "嫖娼" (piáo chāng), meaning to engage in prostitution as a client. In historical contexts, the character carries a derogatory and morally charged connotation, reflecting societal disapproval of sex work and related behaviors. Its structure combines the radical for woman (女) with the phonetic component 票 (piào), which suggests a connection to lightness or fleeting pleasure. While the character remains in modern usage, it is considered vulgar and is generally avoided in polite or formal discourse, appearing instead in legal, news, or literary contexts related to social issues or historical records.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5AD6 |
| 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 | 嫖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嫖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAB 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5AD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005AD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ad6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9E2 |
| kCCCII | 213A3C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-684A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-684A |
| kCangjie | VMWF |
| kCantonese | piu4 |
| kCihaiT | 390.602 |
| kCowles | 3510 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0537.100 |
| kDefinition | patronize prostitutes, frequent |
| kEACC | 213A3C |
| kFanqie | 撫招 匹妙 |
| kFenn | 777F |
| kFennIndex | 406.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4149.1 |
| kGB0 | 7046 |
| kGB1 | 7046 |
| kHangul | 표:1N |
| kHanYu | 21076.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21076.050:piào,piáo,biāo |
| kHKGlyph | 0953 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0537.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21076.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0269.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-664E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9E2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5545 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3DCB |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7247 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-684A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5232 |
| kJapanese | ヒョウ かるい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5832 |
| kJapaneseKun | KARUI |
| kJapaneseOn | HYOU |
| kJis0 | 5337 |
| kKangXi | 0269.210 |
| kKorean | PHYO |
| kLau | 2526 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1276 |
| kMandarin | piáo |
| kMatthews | 5195 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2401 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009916 |
| kMorohashi | 06637 |
| kPhonetic | 1066 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4596+38.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.11 |
| kSBGY | 151.18 414.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 160.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | piáo粵piu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1276 |
| kTang | piɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 283.140:piáo |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | phếu |
| kXerox | 265:145 |
| kXHC1983 | 0875.010:piáo |