U+5BAE "宮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

宮

U+5BAE "宮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a multifaceted ideograph that represents a "palace," "shrine," or "temple" across various East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Chinese, it commonly denotes a grand residence, such as an imperial palace, and also appears in the word "故宮" (Gùgōng) for the Forbidden City. In Japanese, it holds significant cultural weight, appearing in terms like "宮殿" (kyūden, palace) and in the names of Shinto shrines, such as "明治神宮" (Meiji Jingū). The character's structure combines the radical "宀" (roof) with components suggesting multiple mouths or rooms, reflecting its semantic association with large, enclosed, and ceremonial spaces. Its usage spans historical, religious, and architectural contexts, making it a key character for discussing governance, spirituality, and traditional design in Sinospheric cultures.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5BAE
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	宮
HTML Hex Encoding	宮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xAE 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5BAE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005BAE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5bae

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

kBigFive	AE63
kCCCII	213A7C
kCNS1986	1-5527
kCNS1992	1-5527
kCangjie	JRHR
kCantonese	gung1
kCihaiT	418.504
kCowles	1884
kDaeJaweon	0564.160
kDefinition	palace, temple, dwelling, enclose
kEACC	213A7C
kFanqie	居戎
kFenn	749C
kFennIndex	278.04
kFourCornerCode	3060.6
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	1006a
kHangul	궁:0E
kHanYu	20936.041
kHanyuPinlu	gōng(73)
kHKGlyph	1015
kIICore	ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0564.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	20936.041
kIRGKangXi	0285.160
kIRG_GSource	GE-365F
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AE63
kIRG_JSource	J0-355C
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D1C8
kIRG_KSource	K0-4F60
kIRG_TSource	T1-5527
kJapanese	キュウグウクみやいえ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kJapaneseKun	MIYA IE
kJapaneseOn	KYUU GUU
kJis0	2160
kKangXi	0285.160
kKorean	KWUNG
kLau	1002
kMandarin	gōng
kMatthews	3705
kMeyerWempe	1338
kMojiJoho	MJ010153
kMorohashi	07156
kNelson	1310
kPhonetic	840
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1654+40.3.7
kRSUnicode	40.7
kSBGY	025.44
kSimplifiedVariant	"宫" U+5BAB CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	168.11 106.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	gōng粵gung1
kTaiwanTelegraph	1362
kTang	*giung
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kXerox	246:320