U+5E8F "序" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

序

U+5E8F "序" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in multiple East Asian languages, including Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean, where it embodies concepts of order, sequence, or preface. In Chinese, it commonly appears in words like "顺序" meaning "order" or "sequence" and "序幕" meaning "prologue" or "prelude," reflecting its fundamental role in indicating a beginning or an arrangement of items in a series. The character's form combines the radical "广" suggesting a building or shelter with "予" which contributes a phonetic and semantic hint related to giving or extending, together conveying the idea of setting things in a structured or staged manner. This ideograph is historically present in classical texts and remains essential in modern vocabulary for framing hierarchical or chronological relationships.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5E8F
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	序
HTML Hex Encoding	序
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xBA 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5E8F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005E8F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5e8f

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

kBigFive	A7C7
kCCCII	213C6C
kCNS1986	1-4A29
kCNS1992	1-4A29
kCangjie	ININ
kCantonese	zeoi6
kCihaiT	487.102
kCowles	4633
kDaeJaweon	0653.220
kDefinition	series, serial order, sequence
kEACC	213C6C
kFanqie	徐吕
kFenn	114C
kFennIndex	191.03
kFourCornerCode	0022.2
kGB0	4882
kGB1	4882
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	0083h
kHangul	서:0E
kHanYu	20875.180
kHanyuPinlu	xù(131)
kHanyuPinyin	20875.180:xù
kHKGlyph	1188
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0653.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	20875.180
kIRGKangXi	0343.350
kIRG_GSource	G0-5072
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A7C7
kIRG_JSource	J0-3D78
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E1E4
kIRG_KSource	K0-5F6D
kIRG_TSource	T1-4A29
kIRG_VSource	V1-5422
kJapanese	ジョショついずついで
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:840
kJapaneseKun	TSUIDE NOBERU
kJapaneseOn	JO
kJis0	2988
kKangXi	0343.350
kKorean	SE
kLau	1593 1594
kMainlandTelegraph	1645
kMandarin	xù
kMatthews	2851
kMeyerWempe	3479
kMojiJoho	MJ010974
kMorohashi	09253
kNelson	1502
kPhonetic	1603
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2434+53.3.4
kRSUnicode	53.4
kSBGY	259.23
kSMSZD2003Index	199.11
kSMSZD2003Readings	xù粵zeoi6
kTaiwanTelegraph	1645
kTGHZ2013	413.100:xù
kTotalStrokes	7
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	tựa
kXerox	244:175
kXHC1983	1303.060:xù