U+5B87 "宇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宇
U+5B87 "宇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "house," "roof," "universe," or "space," and it is used across multiple East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Chinese, it is a component of words like "宇宙" (yǔzhòu), meaning "cosmos" or "universe," and often appears in contexts related to architecture, world affairs, or expansive domains. The character is composed of the radical "宀" (roof) above "于" (yu, meaning "at" or "in"), symbolizing shelter or enclosure with a spatial extension. Its usage extends to personal names, place names, and technical terms, reflecting its significance in conveying concepts of vastness and habitation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B87 |
| 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 | 宇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B87 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b87 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A674 |
| kCCCII | 213A65 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4775 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4775 |
| kCangjie | JMD |
| kCantonese | jyu5 |
| kCihaiT | 405.201 |
| kCowles | 4892 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0551.220 |
| kDefinition | house; building, structure; eaves |
| kEACC | 213A65 |
| kFanqie | 王矩 |
| kFenn | 30D |
| kFennIndex | 645.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3040.1 |
| kGB0 | 5178 |
| kGB1 | 5178 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0097h |
| kHangul | 우:0E |
| kHanYu | 20911.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yǔ(144) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20911.070:yǔ |
| kHKGlyph | 0994 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0551.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20911.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0282.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-536E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A674 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3127 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FADD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6954 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4775 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-524C |
| kJapanese | ウ いえ のき |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:545 |
| kJapaneseKun | NOKI IE |
| kJapaneseOn | U |
| kJis0 | 1707 |
| kKangXi | 0282.020 |
| kKorean | WU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1342 |
| kMandarin | yǔ |
| kMatthews | 7594 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3639 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010112 |
| kMorohashi | 07067 |
| kNelson | 1280 |
| kPhonetic | 1602 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1225+40.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.3 |
| kSBGY | 260.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 166.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yǔ粵jyu5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1342 |
| kTang | *hiǒ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 447.160:yǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | vũ |
| kXerox | 254:111 |
| kXHC1983 | 1411.040:yǔ |