U+5B83 "它" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
它
U+5B83 "它" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a third-person singular pronoun for inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts, equivalent to the English word "it." Its written form features a roof-like radical (宀) atop a simplified variation of the character for "snake" (巳), reflecting its ancient etymology linked to serpents or creatures, though today it is purely grammatical. Commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, "它" is distinct from other third-person forms like 他 (for humans, masculine) and 她 (for humans, feminine), and it plays a key role in constructing neutral references in sentences such as "它是什么?" meaning "What is it?"
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B83 |
| 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 | 它 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 它 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B83 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b83 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5A6 |
| kCCCII | 213A64 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4646 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4646 |
| kCangjie | JP |
| kCantonese | taa1 |
| kCihaiT | 405.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0551.140 |
| kDefinition | it; other |
| kEACC | 274A53 |
| kFanqie | 託何 |
| kFenn | 322K |
| kFennIndex | 532.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3071.1 |
| kGB0 | 4392 |
| kGB1 | 4392 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0004a |
| kHanYu | 20910.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | tā(2984) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20910.030:tā,tuó,yí |
| kHKGlyph | 0992 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0551.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20910.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0281.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B7C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5A6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5560 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3E41 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2D67 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4646 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8B50 |
| kJapanese | タ シャ ジャ へび |
| kTGH | 2013:314 |
| kJapaneseKun | HEBI |
| kJapaneseOn | TA SHA |
| kJis0 | 5364 |
| kKangXi | 0281.140 |
| kLau | 2985 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1338 |
| kMandarin | tā |
| kMatthews | 6439 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3188a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010108 |
| kMorohashi | 07057 |
| kPhonetic | 1368 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4623+21.2.3 C+4623+40.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.2 |
| kSBGY | 160.46 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4F57<kMatthews U+7260<kLau |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 165.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tā粵taa1 tā,tuō粵to1,taa1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+7260 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1338 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 355.020:tā |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 243:153 |
| kXHC1983 | 1106.030:tā |