U+5BB8 "宸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宸
U+5BB8 "宸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to the North Star or the imperial palace, symbolizing the emperor's residence or authority. In classical Chinese texts, it appears in the compound "宸衷" to denote the emperor's inner thoughts or intentions, and it is also used in given names, particularly in East Asian cultures, where it conveys connotations of grandeur and centrality. The character is composed of the radical for roof or house (宀) combined with the phonetic component 辰, linking it to ideas of celestial or royal prominence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5BB8 |
| 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 | 宸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5BB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005BB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5bb8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE66 |
| kCCCII | 213A78 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-552A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-552A |
| kCangjie | JMMV |
| kCantonese | san4 |
| kCihaiT | 421.501 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0567.020 |
| kDefinition | imperial; imperial palace |
| kEACC | 213A78 |
| kFanqie | 植鄰 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3023.2 |
| kGB0 | 6923 |
| kGB1 | 6923 |
| kGSR | 0455k |
| kHangul | 신:0N |
| kHanYu | 20930.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20930.140:chén |
| kIICore | AGTJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0567.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20930.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0287.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6537 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE66 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5562 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5CB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6364 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-552A |
| kJapanese | シン ジン のき |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4665 |
| kJapaneseKun | NOKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 5366 |
| kKangXi | 0287.020 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1368 |
| kMandarin | chén |
| kMatthews | 337 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2634a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010168 |
| kMorohashi | 07171 |
| kNelson | 1305 |
| kPhonetic | 1129 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4625+40.3.7 C+4625+161.7.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.7 |
| kSBGY | 102.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 169.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chén粵san4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1368 |
| kTang | zhin |
| kTGHZ2013 | 042.040:chén |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 266:263 |
| kXHC1983 | 0132.040:chén |