U+5C2D "尭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
尭
U+5C2D "尭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a variant form of the Chinese character that typically represents the concept of "high" or "lofty," and it is most famously associated with the legendary sage emperor Yao, a paragon of virtue in ancient Chinese history. This character, often used in East Asian contexts for names and classical texts, appears as a simplified or alternate glyph compared to the more common standard form "堯," and it carries cultural significance tied to ideals of wisdom and moral leadership. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block in Unicode, it enables consistent digital representation across various languages and scripts that share this character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C2D |
| 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 | 尭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 尭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB0 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c2d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2D3845 |
| kCangjie | JTHU |
| kCantonese | jiu4 |
| kDefinition | a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
| kFourCornerCode | 4021.1 |
| kHanYu | 10553.021 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10553.021 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0125.171 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3723 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3646 |
| kIRG_MSource | MD-5C2D |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-2554 |
| kJapanese | ギョウ たかい |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+582F |
| kJapaneseKun | TAKAI |
| kJapaneseOn | GYOU |
| kJis0 | 2238 |
| kKangXi | 0125.171 |
| kKorean | YO |
| kMandarin | yáo |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010316 MJ010316:E0101 MJ010317:E0102 MJ010318:E0103 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1726+10.2.6 C+1726+43.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 43.5 10.6 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |