U+5BBE "宾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宾
U+5BBE "宾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used across multiple East Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it primarily conveys the concept of a guest, visitor, or distinguished person. Its structure combines the radical for "roof" or "cover" (宀) with components that suggest arrival or a gathering, reinforcing its meaning of hosting or receiving someone. This character appears in words like "宾馆" (hotel or guesthouse) in Chinese and "賓客" (honored guest) in classical contexts, and it plays a significant role in formal and hospitality-related vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5BBE |
| 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 | 宾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5BBE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005BBE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5bbe |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 217E56 |
| kCangjie | JOMC |
| kCantonese | ban1 |
| kDefinition | guest, visitor; surname; submit |
| kEACC | 275A29 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3080 |
| kGB0 | 1786 |
| kHanYu | 20933.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bīn(9) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20933.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0287.101 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3176 |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-2E7E |
| kTGH | 2013:2102 |
| kKangXi | 0287.101 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6333 |
| kMandarin | bīn |
| kPhonetic | 1052 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.7 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "宾" U+5BBE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 169.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 024.040:bīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "宾" U+5BBE CJK Unified Ideograph-# "賓" U+8CD3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0074.040:bīn |