U+5C43 "屃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
屃
U+5C43 "屃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and ancient Chinese character that primarily denotes a mythical beast resembling a turtle or dragon, often associated with strength, endurance, and the bearing of heavy burdens in traditional folklore. In classical Chinese literature, it appears as a variant or alternative form of the character "屓" (xì), which is famously used in the term "赑屃" (bìxì), the name of one of the nine sons of the Dragon King, typically depicted as a giant tortoise that carries stele or monuments on its back. This character has seen limited modern usage but occasionally appears in historical texts, inscriptions, and discussions of Chinese mythology or orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C43 |
| 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 | 屃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 屃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB1 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c43 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | SBO |
| kCantonese | ai3 |
| kDefinition | gigantic strength; hercules |
| kFourCornerCode | 7728.2 |
| kHanYu | 20966.141 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20966.141 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0300.241 |
| kIRG_GSource | G7-2123 |
| kTGH | 2013:6629 |
| kJapaneseKun | NEIKI IBIKI |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kKangXi | 0300.241 |
| kMandarin | xì |
| kRSUnicode | 44.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 178.11 663.09 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 395.060:xì |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "屓" U+5C53 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1236.070:xì |