U+5C1D "尝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5C1D "尝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to taste" or "to try" and is commonly used in both classical and modern Chinese texts. It is composed of the radical 小 (small) combined with elements suggesting a mouth or action, reflecting its connection to the sense of taste and experiential learning. In addition to its literal meaning in culinary contexts, "尝" also carries figurative uses, such as in the word 尝试 (chángshì) meaning "to attempt" or "to experiment." Historically, it appears in classical poetry and prose to describe the act of sampling food or encountering an experience. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, this character is encoded for use across multiple East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it may have slight variations in pronunciation and usage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
尝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
尝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0xB0 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5C1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005C1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5c1d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
273730 |
| kCangjie |
FBMMI |
| kCantonese |
soeng4 |
| kDefinition |
taste; experience, experiment |
| kEACC |
273730 |
| kFourCornerCode |
9073 |
| kGB0 |
1902 |
| kHanYu |
10564.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
cháng(38) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10564.100 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0297.151 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-3322 |
| kTGH |
2013:1476 |
| kKangXi |
0297.151 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0863 |
| kMandarin |
cháng |
| kPhonetic |
1167 |
| kRSUnicode |
42.6 28.7 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"尝" U+5C1D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
82.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
038.150:cháng |
| kTotalStrokes |
9 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"嘗" U+5617 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
"尝" U+5C1D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0120.120:cháng |