U+5E96 "庖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
庖
U+5E96 "庖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "kitchen" or "cook" and is famously associated with the compound "庖丁" (páo dīng), referring to a legendary butcher from the Daoist classic Zhuangzi who exemplified skill and the way of effortless action. Its radical is 广 (slanting roof), indicating a building or shelter, and it carries connotations of culinary preparation and domestic service. In modern usage, this character appears in formal or classical contexts rather than everyday language, often evoking its philosophical weight from the Zhuangzi story.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5E96 |
| 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 | 庖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 庖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBA 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5E96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005E96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5e96 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A9B4 |
| kCCCII | 213C71 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4D36 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4D36 |
| kCangjie | IPRU |
| kCantonese | paau4 |
| kCihaiT | 487.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0653.310 |
| kDefinition | kitchen; cooking, cuisine |
| kEACC | 213C71 |
| kFanqie | 薄交 |
| kFenn | 225H |
| kFennIndex | 389.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0021.2 |
| kGB0 | 6650 |
| kGB1 | 6650 |
| kGSR | 1113e |
| kHangul | 포:1N |
| kHanYu | 20879.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20879.040:páo |
| kHKGlyph | 1194 |
| kIICore | AGTJH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0653.310 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20879.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0344.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6252 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A9B4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A79 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4113 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7239 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4D36 |
| kJapanese | ホウ ビョウ くりや |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3996 |
| kJapaneseKun | KURIYA |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU |
| kJis0 | 4289 |
| kKangXi | 0344.100 |
| kKorean | PHO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1647 |
| kMandarin | páo |
| kMatthews | 4964 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2258c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010981 MJ010981:E0102 MJ010980:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 09266:E0103 |
| kNelson | 1506 |
| kPhonetic | 1011 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3657+53.3.5 V+7792+53.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 53.5 |
| kSBGY | 154.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 200.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pǎo粵paau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1647 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 277.020:páo |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 265:313 |
| kXHC1983 | 0856.020:páo |