U+5B7C "孼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

孼

U+5B7C "孼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used in various East Asian writing systems, including Japanese and Korean, where it typically conveys meanings related to evil, sin, calamity, or a malevolent force, often associated with ghosts or malicious spirits in classical texts. In modern usage, it is considered a rare or obscure character, appearing primarily in literary or historical contexts rather than everyday writing. The character is composed of components that include elements related to offspring or children and a phonetic hint, reflecting its semantic roots in ancient sinographs. This character should not be confused with its simplified counterpart, which may differ in structure and usage across different regions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5B7C
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	孼
HTML Hex Encoding	孼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xAD 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5B7C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005B7C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5b7c

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

kCCCII	217E31
kCNS1986	E-5A34
kCNS1992	3-5A34
kCangjie	UJND
kCantonese	jit6
kCihaiT	404.502
kCowles	1376
kDaeJaweon	0551.050
kDefinition	misfortune; sin, evil
kEACC	217E31
kFanqie	魚列
kFenn	158B
kFennIndex	362.04
kGSR	0289g
kHangul	얼:0N
kHanYu	21020.080
kIICore	AKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0551.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21020.080
kIRGKangXi	0281.050
kIRG_GSource	GE-3655
kIRG_HSource	H-FBC7
kIRG_JSource	J14-257A
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F8BE
kIRG_KSource	K0-656D
kIRG_TSource	T3-5A34
kJapanese	ゲツゲチかざすくずれるひこばえわきばらわざわい
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	2,05,90
kJapaneseKun	WAKIBARA HIKOBAE WAZAHAHI
kJapaneseOn	GETSU GECHI
kJis1	2635
kKangXi	0281.050
kKorean	EL
kMandarin	niè
kMatthews	4701
kMojiJoho	MJ010100 MJ010100:E0102 MJ010099:E0103
kMorohashi	07046:E0103
kPhonetic	1215
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14472+39.3.16 V+20110+39.3.16
kRSUnicode	39.16
kSBGY	497.51
kSemanticVariant	U+5B7D<kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	165.10
kTaiwanTelegraph	1333
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	HKP
kXerox	323:107
kXHC1983	0834.121:niè