U+5B7D "孽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
孽
U+5B7D "孽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally denotes evil, sin, wrongdoing, or calamity, often associated with offspring or consequences resulting from immoral actions. It is composed of the radical for "grass" or "plant" combined with other elements, and in classical Confucian and Buddhist contexts, it frequently appears in words like "孽障" (evil obstacle) or "罪孽" (sin), referring to karmic retribution or the negative repercussions of one's deeds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B7D |
| 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 | 孽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 孽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAD 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B7D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B7D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b7d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C45E |
| kCCCII | 213A62 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7969 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7969 |
| kCangjie | THJD |
| kCantonese | jit6 |
| kCihaiT | 404.602 |
| kCowles | 1377 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0551.060 |
| kDefinition | evil; son of concubine; ghost |
| kEACC | 213A62 |
| kFanqie | 魚列 |
| kFennIndex | 362.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4440.7 |
| kGB0 | 3685 |
| kGB1 | 3685 |
| kHanYu | 21020.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21020.070:niè |
| kHKGlyph | 0990 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0551.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21020.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0281.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4475 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C45E |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-4F57 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-707B |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2D64 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7969 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-524A |
| kJapanese | ゲツ わざわい |
| kTGH | 2013:3452 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,47,55 |
| kJapaneseKun | WAKIBARA |
| kJapaneseOn | GETSU GECHI |
| kJis1 | 2636 |
| kKangXi | 0281.060 |
| kKorean | EL |
| kLau | 3505 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5642 |
| kMandarin | niè |
| kMatthews | 4701 |
| kMeyerWempe | 907 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010102 MJ010102:E0101 MJ010101:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 07047:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1215 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+16834+39.3.16 C+16834+140.3.16 |
| kRSUnicode | 39.17 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5B7C<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 165.11 606.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | niè粵jip6,jit6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5642 |
| kTang | ngiɛt |
| kTGHZ2013 | 268.020:niè |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | nghiệt |
| kXerox | 262:116 |
| kXHC1983 | 0834.120:niè |