U+5E91 "庑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
庑
U+5E91 "庑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a small wing or side building attached to a main house, often used as a corridor, veranda, or a room for housing servants or livestock in traditional East Asian architecture. Its radical is the "广" (roof/shelter) component, indicating its relation to buildings or shelters, and its phonetic component is "无" (wu). In modern Chinese, it is often used in the compound word "庑殿" to describe a specific style of hip roof in classical Chinese buildings, reflecting its enduring architectural significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5E91 |
| 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 | 庑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 庑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBA 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5E91 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005E91 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5e91 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 282868 |
| kCangjie | IMKU |
| kCantonese | mou5 |
| kDefinition | corridor, hallway; luxuriant |
| kEACC | 282868 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0021 |
| kGB0 | 6648 |
| kHanYu | 20873.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20873.190 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0344.051 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6250 |
| kTGH | 2013:3756 |
| kKangXi | 0344.051 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1682 |
| kMandarin | wǔ |
| kPhonetic | 911* |
| kRSUnicode | 53.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 199.16 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 389.090:wǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "廡" U+5EE1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1220.030:wǔ |