U+5E08 "师" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5E08 "师" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "teacher," "master," or "expert," and is widely used in both modern and classical Chinese texts. It is a simplified form of the traditional character 師, which originally depicted a bow and arrow or a military unit, reflecting its historical connection to leadership and instruction. This character appears in common terms such as 老师 (teacher) and 师父 (master or mentor), and it holds cultural significance in East Asian societies where respect for educators and skilled guides is deeply valued. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it represents the shared writing heritage of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, where it is used with similar meanings and pronunciations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5E08
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	师
HTML Hex Encoding	师
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xB8 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5E08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005E08
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5e08

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

kCCCII	273C51
kCNS1986	E-235C
kCNS1992	3-235C
kCangjie	LLMB
kCantonese	si1
kDaeJaweon	0634.150
kDefinition	teacher, master, specialist
kEACC	273C51
kFourCornerCode	2102
kGB0	4206
kHanYu	10029.040 10730.070
kHanyuPinlu	shī(1142)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0634.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10730.070
kIRGKangXi	0329.051
kIRG_GSource	G0-4A26
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-010812
kIRG_TSource	T3-235C
kJapanese	シ いくさ もろもろ
kTGH	2013:413
kKangXi	0329.051
kMainlandTelegraph	1597
kMandarin	shī
kMojiJoho	MJ010812
kMorohashi	08800
kNelson	0029
kPhonetic	1389
kRSUnicode	50.3
kSimplifiedVariant	"师" U+5E08 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	192.13
kTGHZ2013	334.010:shī
kTotalStrokes	6
kTraditionalVariant	"师" U+5E08 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "師" U+5E2B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1032.030:shī