U+5B72 "孲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
孲
U+5B72 "孲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character that belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph block, specifically within the subset of characters used in classical or historical texts. Its traditional reading in Mandarin is typically approximated as "yá," and its meaning is associated with an infant or young child, often carrying a connotation of helplessness or smallness. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese writing, appearing instead in ancient dictionaries or specialized literary contexts, and it lacks a widely recognized simplified form or frequent application in contemporary language, remaining largely a archival component of the vast CJK character repertoire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B72 |
| 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 | 孲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 孲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAD 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b72 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D4EF |
| kCCCII | 237C3E |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3472 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3472 |
| kCangjie | NDMLM |
| kCantonese | aa1 |
| kCihaiT | 403.104 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0549.040 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1141.7 |
| kHanYu | 21016.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21016.110:yā |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0549.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21016.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0280.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3652 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D4EF |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-010086 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3E30 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2D62 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3472 |
| kJapanese | ア |
| kJapaneseKun | AKAGO |
| kJapaneseOn | A |
| kKangXi | 0280.110 |
| kMandarin | yā |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010086 |
| kMorohashi | 06996 |
| kRSUnicode | 39.8 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰌦" U+30326 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |