U+5BE1 "寡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
寡
U+5BE1 "寡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of "few," "scarce," or "widowed," and is deeply embedded in classical and modern East Asian languages. It often appears in compound words such as "寡人" (guǎrén), the self-deprecating term used by ancient Chinese rulers meaning "the solitary one," as well as "寡婦" (guǎfù) for "widow." The character is composed of the radical for "roof" or "house" (宀) and other components, symbolizing a state of being alone or lacking companionship. Beyond its lexical role, "寡" carries cultural weight in Confucian and Daoist texts, where it is used to discuss themes of simplicity, moderation, and moral integrity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5BE1 |
| 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 | 寡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 寡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAF 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5BE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005BE1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5be1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9E8 |
| kCCCII | 213B2B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6850 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6850 |
| kCangjie | JMCH |
| kCantonese | gwaa2 |
| kCihaiT | 427.202 |
| kCowles | 2038 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0574.260 |
| kDefinition | widowed; alone, friendless |
| kEACC | 213B2B |
| kFanqie | 古瓦 |
| kFenn | 866D |
| kFennIndex | 263.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3022.7 |
| kGB0 | 2549 |
| kGB1 | 2549 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0042a |
| kHangul | 과:0E |
| kHanYu | 20947.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | guǎ(28) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20947.070:guǎ |
| kHKGlyph | 1031 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0574.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20947.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0290.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3951 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9E8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3249 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D3E2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4D7B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6850 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-526F |
| kJapanese | カ すくない やもめ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3173 |
| kJapaneseKun | YAMOME SUKUNAI |
| kJapaneseOn | KA |
| kJis0 | 1841 |
| kKangXi | 0290.190 |
| kKarlgren | 434 |
| kKorean | KWA |
| kLau | 1010 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1391 |
| kMandarin | guǎ |
| kMatthews | 3517 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1348 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010221 |
| kMorohashi | 07286 |
| kNelson | 1337 |
| kPhonetic | 697 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1353+40.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.11 |
| kSBGY | 309.24 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+95DC<kLau |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 171.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | guǎ粵gwaa2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1391 |
| kTang | guǎ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 120.050:guǎ |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | quả |
| kXerox | 257:101 |
| kXHC1983 | 0403.040:guǎ |