U+5C64 "層" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5C64 "層" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in East Asian writing systems, particularly in traditional Chinese and Japanese kanji, where it signifies the concept of a "layer," "floor," "stratum," or "tier." In Chinese, it is pronounced as "céng" and commonly appears in words like 層次 (cì) meaning "level" or "hierarchy," while in Japanese, it is read as "sō" or "kasaneru" and is used in terms such as 階層 (kaisō) for "class" or "strata." The character is composed of the radical 尸 (corpse or roof) and the component 曾 (formerly or increase), reflecting its semantic association with stacked or repeated layers. It is widely employed in contexts ranging from architecture and geology to social structures and computer science, making it a versatile and essential character in these languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+5C64
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 層
HTML Hex Encoding 層
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xB1 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5C64
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005C64
C/C++/Java Escape \u5c64

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 BC68
kCCCII 213B61
kCNS1986 1-6C52
kCNS1992 1-6C52
kCangjie SCWA
kCantonese cang4
kCihaiT 450.601
kCowles 4714
kDaeJaweon 0601.340
kDefinition story, layer, floor, stratum
kEACC 4B3B61
kFanqie 昨楞
kFenn 832B
kFennIndex 551.05
kFourCornerCode 7726.6
kGB1 1867
kGradeLevel 2
kGSR 0884i
kHangul 층:0E
kHanYu 20981.030
kHanyuPinlu céng(488)
kHanyuPinyin 20981.030:céng
kHKGlyph 1083
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0601.340
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 20981.030
kIRGKangXi 0303.400
kIRG_GSource G1-3263
kIRG_HSource HB1-BC68
kIRG_JSource J0-4158
kIRG_KPSource KP0-EEE7
kIRG_KSource K0-7635
kIRG_TSource T1-6C52
kIRG_VSource V1-5339
kJapanese ソウ かさなる
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kJapaneseKun KASANARU KASA
kJapaneseOn SOU
kJis0 3356
kKangXi 0303.400
kKorean CHUNG
kLau 220
kMandarin céng
kMatthews 6772
kMeyerWempe 3277
kMojiJoho MJ010378 MJ030255:FE00 MJ010378:E0102 MJ030255:E0103
kMorohashi 07798:FE00 07798:E0103
kNelson 1402 1403
kPhonetic 68
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+2778+44.3.11
kRSUnicode 44.12
kSBGY 201.34
kSimplifiedVariant "层" U+5C42 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 180.11
kSMSZD2003Readings céng粵cang4
kTaiwanTelegraph 1461
kTang *dzhəng
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese tầng
kXerox 247:063
kXHC1983 0111.011:céng