U+5DF3 "巳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
巳
U+5DF3 "巳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is the sixth of the twelve earthly branches in the traditional Chinese zodiac and calendar system, corresponding to the Snake in the Chinese zodiac cycle. It also represents the period from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the ancient Chinese two-hour timekeeping system, and is associated with the direction south-southeast. In Chinese culture, this character carries the symbolic meaning of the serpent, often linked to wisdom, mystery, and transformation, and it appears in classical texts and modern contexts, including astrology and date notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5DF3 |
| 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 | 巳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 巳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB7 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5DF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005DF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5df3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A478 |
| kCCCII | 213C3F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4459 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4459 |
| kCangjie | RU |
| kCantonese | zi6 |
| kCihaiT | 467.401 |
| kCowles | 4678 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0631.010 |
| kDefinition | sixth earthly branch |
| kEACC | 213C3F |
| kFanqie | 羊己 詳里 羊吏 |
| kFenn | 311F |
| kFennIndex | 482.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7771.7 |
| kGB0 | 4340 |
| kGB1 | 4340 |
| kGSR | 0967a |
| kHangul | 사:0E |
| kHanYu | 20984.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20984.020:sì,yǐ |
| kHKGlyph | 1142 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0631.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20984.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0326.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B48 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A478 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C26 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0D8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E53 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4459 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5361 |
| kJapanese | シ ジ み |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:62 |
| kJapaneseKun | MI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 4406 |
| kKangXi | 0326.120 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1570 |
| kMandarin | sì |
| kMatthews | 5590 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3542 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010785 |
| kMorohashi | 08744 |
| kNelson | 1460 |
| kPhonetic | 150 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3762+49.3.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 49.0 |
| kSBGY | 251.32 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 191.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sì粵zi6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1570 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 347.010:sì |
| kTotalStrokes | 3 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tị |
| kXerox | 265:344 |
| kXHC1983 | 1091.020:sì |