U+5EC9 "廉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
廉
U+5EC9 "廉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies integrity, honesty, and incorruptibility, often used in the context of moral rectitude or low cost, as in the word "廉价" meaning cheap or inexpensive. This ideograph is composed of the radical "广" (related to buildings or shelter) and the phonetic component "兼" (meaning double or simultaneous), and it holds deep cultural significance in East Asian societies, where it is a key virtue in Confucian ethics, appearing in terms like "廉洁" (clean and honest) and historical titles such as "廉颇" (Lian Po), a famous general from the Warring States period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5EC9 |
| 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 | 廉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 廉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBB 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5EC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005EC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ec9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B747 |
| kCCCII | 213D23 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-636D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-636D |
| kCangjie | ITXC |
| kCantonese | lim4 |
| kCihaiT | 491.501 |
| kCowles | 2342 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0659.320 |
| kDefinition | upright, honorable, honest |
| kEACC | 213D23 |
| kFanqie | 力鹽 |
| kFenn | 672F |
| kFennIndex | 307.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0023.7 |
| kGB0 | 3314 |
| kGB1 | 3314 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0627l |
| kHangul | 렴:0E 염:0 |
| kHanYu | 20896.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | lián(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20896.010:lián |
| kHKGlyph | 1208 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0659.320 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20896.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0349.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-412E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B747 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E77 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D8B6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-562F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-636D |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5432 |
| kJapanese | レン かど やすい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2992 |
| kJapaneseKun | KADO YASUI |
| kJapaneseOn | REN |
| kJis0 | 4687 |
| kKangXi | 0349.080 |
| kKarlgren | 374 |
| kKorean | LYEM |
| kLau | 1878 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1670 |
| kMandarin | lián |
| kMatthews | 4003 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1561 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011039 MJ011039:E0102 MJ011038:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 09436:E0103 |
| kNelson | 1530 |
| kPhonetic | 615 804 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4031+53.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 53.10 |
| kSBGY | 225.23 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 202.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lián粵lim4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1670 |
| kTang | liɛm |
| kTGHZ2013 | 219.110:lián |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | liêm |
| kXerox | 251:047 |
| kXHC1983 | 0701.020:lián |