U+5DCB "巋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5DCB "巋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of being lofty, towering, or majestic, often used to describe mountains or grand structures that stand high and imposing. In traditional Chinese texts, it appears in classical poetry and historical descriptions to evoke a sense of grandeur and stability. The character is composed of a radical meaning "mountain" on the upper part combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its CJK origins in the script used for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. While it is not commonly used in modern everyday writing, "巋" retains significance in literary and formal contexts, particularly when emphasizing the imposing height or enduring presence of something.

General Properties

Code Point U+5DCB
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 巋
HTML Hex Encoding 巋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xB7 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5DCB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005DCB
C/C++/Java Escape \u5dcb

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 F5C9
kCCCII 222647
kCNS1986 2-6B57
kCNS1992 2-6B57
kCangjie UHMB
kCantonese kwai1
kCihaiT 461.601
kDaeJaweon 0622.400
kDefinition grand, stately; secure, lasting
kEACC 222647
kFanqie 丘追 丘軌
kFourCornerCode 2212.7
kGB1 3189
kGSR 0570g
kHangul 규:1N
kHanYu 10807.090
kHanyuPinyin 10807.090:kuī,kuì,wěi
kIRGDaeJaweon 0622.400
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10807.090
kIRGKangXi 0322.280
kIRG_GSource G1-3F79
kIRG_HSource HB2-F5C9
kIRG_JSource J13-4F7D
kIRG_KPSource KP1-4016
kIRG_KSource K1-5B39
kIRG_TSource T2-6B57
kJapanese キ ギ
kKoreanName 2015
kJIS0213 1,47,93
kJapaneseKun TSURANARU
kJapaneseOn KI GI
kJis1 2788
kKangXi 0322.280
kKorean KYU
kMandarin kuī
kMatthews 3670
kMojiJoho MJ010740
kMorohashi 08622
kPhonetic 708
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+16851+46.3.18
kRSUnicode 46.17
kSBGY 058.34 250.36
kSimplifiedVariant "岿" U+5CBF CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 188.19
kSMSZD2003Readings kuī粵kwai1
kTaiwanTelegraph 1549
kTotalStrokes 21
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 274:264
kXHC1983 0662.031:kuī