U+5E5A "幚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5E5A "幚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or obsolete Chinese character that falls under the "CJK Unified Ideographs" block, used historically in East Asian writing systems. This character is related to the concept of help, assistance, or support, and is often considered a variant or alternate form of the more common character 幫 (bāng), meaning "to help" or "a group." While it appears in classical texts and some specialized dictionaries, it is not found in modern standard Chinese usage, representing a less widely adopted orthographic form within the traditional character set.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5E5A
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	幚
HTML Hex Encoding	幚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xB9 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5E5A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005E5A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5e5a

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

kCNS1986	E-4B6D
kCNS1992	3-4B6D
kCangjie	QLHAB
kCantonese	bong1
kCihaiT	479.103
kDefinition	help, assist; defend; shoe upper
kHanYu	10751.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10751.080
kIRGKangXi	0337.031
kIRG_GSource	GE-3823
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-010904
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-40C3
kIRG_TSource	T3-4B6D
kJapanese	ホウ たすける
kJapaneseKun	TASUKERU
kJapaneseOn	HOU
kKangXi	0337.031
kKorean	PANG
kMandarin	bāng
kMojiJoho	MJ010904
kMorohashi	09097
kPhonetic	1080
kRSUnicode	50.12
kTotalStrokes	14