U+5CE5 "峥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
峥
U+5CE5 "峥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the mountain radical on the left and the phonetic component "争" on the right, commonly used in classical and modern Chinese to convey notions of towering height, steepness, or prominence. It appears most often in the compound "峥嵘" (zhēngróng), which describes lofty, jagged mountain peaks or, by extension, someone's outstanding talents or remarkable achievements. The character embodies both literal and figurative elevation, evoking images of rugged natural landscapes as well as metaphorical peaks of excellence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5CE5 |
| 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 | 峥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 峥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB3 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5CE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005CE5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ce5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-2C43 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2C43 |
| kCangjie | UNSD |
| kCantonese | zang1 |
| kDefinition | high, lofty, noble; steep, perilous |
| kEACC | 4B3C23 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2775 |
| kGB0 | 6531 |
| kGB1 | 6531 |
| kHanYu | 10780.221 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10780.220 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0311.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-613F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8D73 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2E6D |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2C43 |
| kTGH | 2013:4237 |
| kKangXi | 0311.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1513 |
| kMandarin | zhēng |
| kPhonetic | 32* |
| kRSUnicode | 46.6 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 473.060:zhēng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "崢" U+5D22 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 1472.070:zhēng |