U+5B42 "孂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
孂
U+5B42 "孂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that is not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin or Japanese. It primarily appears in historical or classical texts, where its meaning is often associated with concepts of stealth, prying, or covert behavior, sometimes linked to the idea of a demon or spirit that acts secretly. In terms of its composition, the character is built from the radical "女" (woman) combined with phonetic and semantic elements that together suggest a sense of hidden or deceptive action. Due to its obscurity, it may not be included in all fonts or supported by every digital system, making it a specialized glyph encountered mainly in academic or lexicographical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B42 |
| 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 | 孂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 孂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAD 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b42 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 217D6D |
| kCNS1986 | E-5C36 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5C36 |
| kCangjie | VHAT |
| kCantonese | giu2 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0542.210 |
| kFanqie | 居夭 兼玷 古得 |
| kGB3 | 2972 |
| kHanYu | 21090.100 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21090.100:jiǎo |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0542.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21090.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0274.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3D68 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-010037 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2D57 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5C36 |
| kJapanese | キョウ キ キュウ ク ケン コク |
| kKangXi | 0274.050 |
| kMandarin | jiǎo |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010037 |
| kMorohashi | 06888 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.17 |
| kSBGY | 298.45 336.12 531.03 |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |