U+5AE6 "嫦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5AE6 "嫦" CJK Unified Ideograph is a Chinese character primarily used in the name "Chang'e" (嫦娥), the legendary moon goddess in Chinese mythology, who is famously associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. This ideograph comprises the radical "女" (woman) on the left and the phonetic component "常" (often, constant) on the right, reflecting its role in a feminine name. In contemporary usage, the character also appears in terms like "嫦娥奔月" (Chang'e flying to the moon), and it has been adopted as the namesake for China's lunar exploration program, including the Chang'e spacecraft series.

General Properties

Code Point U+5AE6
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 嫦
HTML Hex Encoding 嫦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xAB 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5AE6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005AE6
C/C++/Java Escape \u5ae6

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

kBigFive B9DF
kCCCII 213A40
kCNS1986 1-6847
kCNS1992 1-6847
kCangjie VFBB
kCantonese soeng4
kCihaiT 391.304
kDaeJaweon 0538.040
kDefinition name of a moon goddess
kEACC 213A40
kFanqie 市羊
kFenn 584K
kFennIndex 17.05
kFourCornerCode 4942.7
kGB0 7047
kGB1 7047
kHangul 항:0N
kHanYu 21077.020
kHanyuPinyin 21077.020:cháng
kHKGlyph 0955
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0538.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21077.020
kIRGKangXi 0270.080
kIRG_GSource G0-664F
kIRG_HSource HB1-B9DF
kIRG_JSource J0-5543
kIRG_KPSource KP0-F2F4
kIRG_KSource K0-7974
kIRG_TSource T1-6847
kIRG_VSource V1-5235
kJapanese ジョウ コウ ショウ
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:5833
kJapaneseOn KOU GOU
kJis0 5335
kKangXi 0270.080
kKorean HANG
kMainlandTelegraph 1281
kMandarin cháng
kMatthews 222
kMeyerWempe 2677a
kMojiJoho MJ009938
kMorohashi 06663
kPhonetic 1167B
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4594+38.3.11
kRSUnicode 38.11
kSMSZD2003Index 160.20
kSMSZD2003Readings cháng粵soeng4
kTaiwanTelegraph 1281
kTang *həng
kTGHZ2013 039.020:cháng
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese thường
kXerox 256:256
kXHC1983 0121.010:cháng