U+5EE8 "廨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
廨
U+5EE8 "廨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and modern East Asian languages, primarily in Japanese and Chinese. It generally refers to a government office or official residence, often specifically denoting a subprefecture or district office in historical contexts. In Japanese, it is commonly read as "yaku" or "yakusho" and appears in terms like "kansha" or "shayaku," while in Chinese it is pronounced "xiè" and appears in classical texts to describe administrative buildings. The character belongs to the Kangxi radical 廴 (long stride) and consists of 16 strokes, with its structure combining elements suggesting a building or shelter associated with official duties.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5EE8 |
| 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 | 廨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 廨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBB 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5EE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005EE8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ee8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E972 |
| kCCCII | 222871 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-567C |
| kCNS1992 | 2-567C |
| kCangjie | INBQ |
| kCantonese | haai6 |
| kCihaiT | 495.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0664.180 |
| kDefinition | government office, public office |
| kEACC | 222871 |
| kFanqie | 古隘 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0025.2 |
| kGB0 | 6661 |
| kGB1 | 6661 |
| kHangul | 해:1N |
| kHanYu | 20905.130 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20905.130:xiè |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0664.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20905.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0351.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-625D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E972 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5728 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4170 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7333 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-567C |
| kJapanese | カイ ケ ゲ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6152 |
| kJapaneseKun | YAKUSHO |
| kJapaneseOn | KAI KE |
| kJis0 | 5508 |
| kKangXi | 0351.170 |
| kKarlgren | 366 |
| kKorean | HAY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1685 |
| kMandarin | xiè |
| kMeyerWempe | 953d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011087 |
| kMorohashi | 09510 |
| kPhonetic | 538 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4755+53.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 53.13 |
| kSBGY | 383.35 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 204.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiè,jiè粵gaai3,haai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1685 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 406.170:xiè |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 270:352 |
| kXHC1983 | 1278.020:xiè |