U+5EEF "廯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5EEF "廯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the eaves of a house or the edge of a roof, often denoting the projecting part of a structure designed to shed rainwater. In classical Chinese literature, it can also be used as a variant of other characters, such as in the context of granaries or storage spaces, reflecting its historical association with buildings and shelter. The character is composed of the radical for "broad" or "shelter" (广) combined with the phonetic element "鮮" (xian), which hints at its pronunciation in Mandarin as "xiǎn" or similar variants. While not commonly used in modern everyday writing, it appears in specialized or historical texts, particularly those related to architecture or ancient terminology.

General Properties

Code Point U+5EEF
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 廯
HTML Hex Encoding 廯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xBB 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5EEF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005EEF
C/C++/Java Escape \u5eef

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 F447
kCCCII 22287E
kCNS1986 2-6873
kCNS1992 2-6873
kCangjie INFQ
kDaeJaweon 0665.300
kFanqie 相然 息淺
kFourCornerCode 0015.1
kGB5 2940
kHanYu 20908.160
kHanyuPinyin 20908.160:xiān
kIRGDaeJaweon 0665.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 20908.160
kIRGKangXi 0352.130
kIRG_GSource G5-3D48
kIRG_HSource HB2-F447
kIRG_JSource JMJ-011093
kIRG_KPSource KP1-4177
kIRG_TSource T2-6873
kJapanese セン
kJapaneseKun KOMEGURA
kJapaneseOn SEN
kKangXi 0352.130
kMandarin xiān
kMojiJoho MJ011093
kMorohashi 09544
kPhonetic 1200*
kRSUnicode 53.17
kSBGY 137.08 290.31
kTotalStrokes 20
kUnihanCore2020 HMT