U+5B16 "嬖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5B16 "嬖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that historically denotes a favored or beloved person, often a concubine or a male favorite in a royal or noble court, with a connotation of sycophancy or improper influence. Its composition combines the radical for "woman" (女) with the phonetic component 辟 (pì), which contributes to its pronunciation and meaning related to favoritism. In classical texts, such as those from the Warring States period, the term appears in contexts of political intrigue, where "嬖臣" refers to a minister who gains undue power through personal charm rather than merit. Modern usage of this character is rare, but it remains recognizable in literary or historical discussions of hierarchy and courtly relationships.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5B16
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	嬖
HTML Hex Encoding	嬖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xAC 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5B16
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005B16
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5b16

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	E958
kCCCII	217D3E
kCNS1986	2-5662
kCNS1992	2-5662
kCangjie	SJV
kCantonese	pei3
kCihaiT	391.605
kDaeJaweon	0540.070
kDefinition	favorite; a minion
kEACC	217D3E
kFanqie	博計
kFourCornerCode	7040.4
kGB0	7052
kGB1	7052
kGSR	0853v
kHangul	폐:0N
kHanYu	21085.100
kHanyuPinyin	21085.100:bì
kIICore	AGKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0540.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21085.100
kIRGKangXi	0272.070
kIRG_GSource	G0-6654
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E958
kIRG_JSource	J0-554A
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F2B1
kIRG_KSource	K0-7846
kIRG_TSource	T2-5662
kIRG_VSource	V1-5238
kJapanese	ヘイ ヒ きにいり
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:6187
kJapaneseKun	KINIIRI
kJapaneseOn	HEI
kJis0	5342
kKangXi	0272.070
kKorean	PHYEY
kMainlandTelegraph	1295
kMandarin	bì
kMatthews	5106
kMeyerWempe	2329a
kMojiJoho	MJ009987
kMorohashi	06770
kNelson	1258
kPhonetic	1040
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4601+38.3.13
kRSUnicode	38.13
kSBGY	373.42
kSMSZD2003Index	161.16
kSMSZD2003Readings	bì粵pei3
kTaiwanTelegraph	1295
kTGHZ2013	020.080:bì
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	bế
kXerox	274:174
kXHC1983	0062.060:bì