U+5B1B "嬛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5B1B "嬛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that appears in historical texts and names, but its modern usage is notably specific and tied to popular culture. In classical Chinese, it can carry meanings related to beauty, elegance, or a delicate manner. However, in contemporary contexts, this character is most widely recognized as part of the famous given name "Zhen Huan," the titular character of the immensely popular Chinese television series "Empresses in the Palace" (also known as "Hou Gong Zhen Huan Zhuan"). In that series, the character is used to evoke a sense of refined grace and tragic irony in the story of a young woman navigating the perils of the imperial court.

General Properties

Code Point U+5B1B
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 嬛
HTML Hex Encoding 嬛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xAC 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5B1B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005B1B
C/C++/Java Escape \u5b1b

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 E953
kCCCII 217D47
kCNS1986 2-565D
kCNS1992 2-565D
kCangjie VWLV
kCantonese waan4
kCihaiT 392.103
kDaeJaweon 0540.170
kDefinition apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer
kEACC 217D47
kFanqie 許緣 於緣 渠營
kFourCornerCode 4643.2
kGB3 2963
kGB8 9130
kGSR 0829b
kHangul 현:1N
kHanYu 21083.240
kHanyuPinyin 21083.240:xuān,qióng,xuán,huán
kIRGDaeJaweon 0540.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21083.240
kIRGKangXi 0272.170
kIRG_GSource G3-3D5F
kIRG_HSource HB2-E953
kIRG_JSource J1-3A34
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3DEF
kIRG_KSource K1-734C
kIRG_TSource T2-565D
kJapanese ギョウ ゼン カン ゲン ケン ケイ セン エン
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:7913
kJapaneseKun KATAI
kJapaneseOn KEN KEI GYOU
kJis1 2620
kKangXi 0272.170
kKorean HYEN
kMainlandTelegraph 1298
kMandarin huán
kMatthews 2877
kMeyerWempe 1172d
kMojiJoho MJ009992
kMorohashi 06782
kPhonetic 1419
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19317+38.3.13
kRSUnicode 38.13
kSBGY 140.37 141.22 193.13
kSMSZD2003Index 161.19
kSMSZD2003Readings huán粵waan4 yuān粵hyun1
kTaiwanTelegraph 1298
kTGHZ2013 414.210:xuān
kTotalStrokes 16
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kXerox 302:307
kXHC1983 0490.090:huán