U+5E3C "帼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
帼
U+5E3C "帼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a woman's headdress or hair ornament, often associated with historical or ceremonial attire, and by extension it can denote a woman of high status or virtue. In traditional Chinese culture, the character appears in compounds like "巾帼" (jīnguó), which symbolizes women, particularly heroic or distinguished women, as it originally described the headgear worn by ancient noblewomen. This character is classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, part of the Han script used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, and it typically carries the radical for "巾" (cloth or turban), reflecting its textile-related origins.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5E3C |
| 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 | 帼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 帼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB8 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5E3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005E3C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5e3c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273C5C |
| kCangjie | LBWMI |
| kCantonese | gwok3 |
| kDefinition | women's headgear; mourning cap |
| kEACC | 273C5C |
| kFourCornerCode | 4620 |
| kGB0 | 6494 |
| kHanYu | 10745.050 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10745.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0333.161 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-607E |
| kTGH | 2013:4858 |
| kKangXi | 0333.161 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1613 |
| kMandarin | guó |
| kRSUnicode | 50.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 195.04 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 126.090:guó |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "幗" U+5E57 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0426.030:guó |