U+5B79 "孹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5B79 "孹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in classical or literary contexts, often representing the concept of "to split" or "to separate," with its structure combining elements related to hands and division. This rare ideograph is not commonly found in modern standard Chinese usage, but it appears in historical texts and specialized dictionaries, where it may also convey meanings of "to pry open" or "to set apart." As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, "孹" encodes a specific glyph from the traditional East Asian writing system, preserving a nuanced term for scholarly or linguistic reference.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5B79
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	孹
HTML Hex Encoding	孹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xAD 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5B79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005B79
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5b79

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

kCNS1986	E-5057
kCNS1992	3-5057
kCangjie	SJND
kCantonese	maak3
kDaeJaweon	0551.020
kHanYu	21019.150
kIRGDaeJaweon	0551.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21019.150
kIRGKangXi	0281.011
kIRG_GSource	GE-3654
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-010096
kIRG_TSource	T3-5057
kJapanese	ハク
kKangXi	0281.011
kMandarin	bò
kMojiJoho	MJ010096
kMorohashi	07041
kRSUnicode	39.13
kTotalStrokes	16