U+5AFA "嫺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嫺
U+5AFA "嫺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used primarily in written Chinese and Japanese (where it is known as a Kanji). It generally conveys meanings related to elegance, refinement, or gracefulness, often describing a woman who is demure, cultured, or well-mannered. In modern usage, it can also imply skillfulness or proficiency, as seen in compounds like "嫺靜" (xián jìng) meaning gentle and quiet, or "嫺熟" (xián shú) meaning adept or practiced. This character is a variant of the more common simplified form "娴" and belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5AFA |
| 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 | 嫺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嫺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAB 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5AFA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005AFA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5afa |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 217D32 |
| kCNS1986 | E-4B5C |
| kCNS1992 | 3-4B5C |
| kCangjie | VANB |
| kCantonese | haan4 |
| kCihaiT | 391.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0538.380 |
| kDefinition | refined, elegant, gracious |
| kEACC | 2D3A41 |
| kFanqie | 戶閒 |
| kFenn | 637I |
| kFennIndex | 178.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4742.0 |
| kHangul | 한:1N |
| kHanYu | 21082.180 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21082.180:xián |
| kHKGlyph | 0958 |
| kIICore | BTM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0538.380 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21082.180 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0271.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3639 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-F9DC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5546 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3DE0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7275 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-4B5C |
| kJapanese | カン ゲン ならう みやびやか |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | MIYABIYAKA |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN |
| kJis0 | 5338 |
| kKangXi | 0271.030 |
| kKarlgren | 375 |
| kKorean | HAN |
| kMandarin | xián |
| kMatthews | 2674 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009958 |
| kMorohashi | 06710 |
| kPhonetic | 422 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4597+38.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.12 |
| kSBGY | 129.16 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5AFB<kHKGlyph,kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 161.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xián粵haan4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1288 |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJM |
| kXerox | 323:253 |
| kXHC1983 | 1247.051:xián |