U+5C82 "岂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
岂
U+5C82 "岂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and simplified scripts, where it functions as an adverb expressing rhetorical questions, surprise, or emphasis, often meaning "how can it be" or "how could" when placed in classical or literary contexts. Its structure combines the radical "山" (mountain) with a component indicating a phonetic or contextual nuance, and it is commonly found in phrases like "岂不" (how could it not) or "岂敢" (how dare I). Historically rooted in Classical Chinese, this character carries a formal, sometimes archaic tone in modern usage, frequently appearing in written texts to heighten rhetorical effect or convey a sense of disbelief or modest denial.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C82 |
| 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 | 岂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 岂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB2 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C82 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C82 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c82 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275954 |
| kCangjie | USU |
| kCantonese | hei2 |
| kDefinition | how? what? |
| kEACC | 275954 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2271 |
| kGB0 | 3881 |
| kHanYu | 10762.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | qǐ(51) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10762.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0307.271 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4671 |
| kTGH | 2013:439 |
| kKangXi | 0307.271 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6259 |
| kMandarin | qǐ |
| kPhonetic | 454 597 |
| kRSUnicode | 46.3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 181.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 292.210:qǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "豈" U+8C48 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0901.030:qǐ |