U+5E0C "希" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
希
U+5E0C "希" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "hope," "rare," or "to hope for." Originating from ancient Chinese script, it is composed of the radical "巾" meaning "cloth" or "turban" and the phonetic component "爻," though its etymology also connects to the idea of sparse or fine threads, which evolved to denote rarity. In modern usage, it appears frequently in words like "希望" (hope or wish) and "稀有" (rare or uncommon), and it is also used in personal names and place names across East Asian languages, including Japanese and Korean, where it carries similar connotations of aspiration or scarcity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5E0C |
| 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 | 希 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 希 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB8 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5E0C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005E0C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5e0c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A7C6 |
| kCCCII | 213C47 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4A28 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4A28 |
| kCangjie | KKLB |
| kCantonese | hei1 |
| kCihaiT | 473.203 |
| kCowles | 1020 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0634.290 |
| kDefinition | rare; hope, expect, strive for |
| kEACC | 274F36 |
| kFanqie | 香衣 |
| kFenn | 172C |
| kFennIndex | 159.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4022.7 |
| kGB0 | 4703 |
| kGB1 | 4703 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0549a |
| kHangul | 희:0E |
| kHanYu | 10731.190 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xī(321) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10731.190:xī |
| kHKGlyph | 1150 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0634.290 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10731.190 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0329.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F23 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A7C6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3475 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6A5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D71 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4A28 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5368 |
| kJapanese | キ ケ こいねがう のぞむ まれ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:796 |
| kJapaneseKun | MARE KOINEGAU |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 2085 |
| kKangXi | 0329.180 |
| kKarlgren | 127 |
| kKorean | HUY |
| kLau | 1150 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1585 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2416 |
| kMeyerWempe | 689 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010817 MJ010817:E0101 MJ057418:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 08813 08813:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1470 |
| kPhonetic | 451 958 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1585+50.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 50.4 |
| kSBGY | 065.38 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 193.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵hei1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1585 |
| kTang | xiəi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 391.060:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hơi |
| kXerox | 243:123 |
| kXHC1983 | 1230.050:xī |