U+5BE8 "寨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

寨

U+5BE8 "寨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means a stockade, fortified village, or military encampment, often constructed with defensive wooden palisades or walls. It is commonly used in historical and geographical contexts to refer to a settlement or stronghold established for protection, particularly in rural or mountainous areas. In modern usage, the character appears in the names of certain villages, towns, and even in terms like "山寨" (shānzhài), which originally referred to a mountain stronghold but has evolved to colloquially mean a counterfeit or knockoff product. The character is composed of the radical 宀 (roof) atop elements that suggest structure and enclosure, reflecting its core meaning of a secured or defended dwelling place.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5BE8
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	寨
HTML Hex Encoding	寨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xAF 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5BE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005BE8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5be8

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	B9EB
kCCCII	213B2D
kCNS1986	1-6853
kCNS1992	1-6853
kCangjie	JTCD
kCantonese	zaai6
kCihaiT	429.601
kCowles	72
kDaeJaweon	0577.050
kDefinition	stockade, stronghold, outpost; brothel
kEACC	213B2D
kFanqie	犲夬蘇則
kFenn	100F
kFennIndex	10.05
kFourCornerCode	3090.4
kGB0	5315
kGB1	5315
kHangul	채:0N
kHanYu	21270.010
kHanyuPinyin	21270.010:zhài,sè,qiān
kHKGlyph	1033
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0577.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21270.010
kIRGKangXi	0291.110
kIRG_GSource	G0-552F
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B9EB
kIRG_JSource	J0-5C4D
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EFB9
kIRG_KSource	K0-7373
kIRG_TSource	T1-6853
kIRG_VSource	V1-5271
kJapanese	サイゼソクとりで
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3171
kJapaneseKun	TORIDE
kJapaneseOn	SAI
kJis0	6045
kKangXi	0291.110
kKorean	CHAY
kLau	1278
kMainlandTelegraph	1396
kMandarin	zhài
kMatthews	116
kMeyerWempe	64
kMojiJoho	MJ010232
kMorohashi	07298
kNelson	1331
kPhonetic	1117
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5262+40.3.11 C+5262+75.4.10 V+14145+40.3.12 V+14145+85.5.10 V+14146+40.3.12 V+14146+115.5.10
kRSUnicode	40.11
kSBGY	387.21 530.16
kSemanticVariant	U+7826<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	172.01 329.22
kSMSZD2003Readings	zhái粵zaai6
kTaiwanTelegraph	1396
kTGHZ2013	464.080:zhài
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	trại
kXerox	253:316
kXHC1983	1450.050:zhài