U+5BA0 "宠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宠
U+5BA0 "宠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to dote on" or "to favor," often used in contexts of pampering, pet ownership, or imperial favor. It is composed of the radical 宀 (roof) over 龙 (dragon), visually suggesting a treasured or cherished entity under protection. In modern Mandarin, it appears in words like 宠物 (pet) and 宠爱 (to adore or pamper), reflecting its semantic focus on affectionate care and indulgence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5BA0 |
| 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 | 宠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5BA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005BA0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ba0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273B38 |
| kCangjie | JIKP |
| kCantonese | cung2 |
| kDefinition | favorite, concubine; favor |
| kEACC | 273B38 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3041 |
| kGB0 | 1972 |
| kHanYu | 20920.020 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20920.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0284.081 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3368 |
| kTGH | 2013:1277 |
| kKangXi | 0284.081 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1404 |
| kMandarin | chǒng |
| kPhonetic | 856* |
| kRSUnicode | 40.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 167.12 833.02 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 047.180:chǒng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "寵" U+5BF5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0150.010:chǒng |