U+5EF6 "延" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
延
U+5EF6 "延" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to extend," "to prolong," "to delay," or "to invite." It is constructed with the radical "廴" (meaning "long stride" or "stretch") on the lower left, with phonetic and semantic components above, and it appears as a common component in words related to temporal or spatial extension, such as "延長" (prolong or extend) and "延遲" (delay). In classical and modern Chinese, "延" also carries the sense of inviting or receiving, as in "延請" (to invite someone formally). This character is used across multiple East Asian languages, including Japanese and Korean, where it retains similar meanings related to elongation or postponement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5EF6 |
| 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 | 延 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 延 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBB 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5EF6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005EF6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5ef6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kAlternateTotalStrokes | 8:J |
| kBigFive | A9B5 |
| kCCCII | 213D32 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4D37 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4D37 |
| kCangjie | NKHYM |
| kCantonese | jin4 |
| kCihaiT | 495.605 |
| kCowles | 1352 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0666.180 |
| kDefinition | delay, postpone, defer |
| kEACC | 213D32 |
| kFanqie | 以然 諸盈 于線 |
| kFenn | 128D |
| kFennIndex | 624.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1240.1 |
| kGB0 | 4951 |
| kGB1 | 4951 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0203a |
| kHangul | 연:0E |
| kHanYu | 10404.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yán(55) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10404.010:yán |
| kHKGlyph | 1222 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0666.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10404.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0352.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5153 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A9B5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3164 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F8E3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6645 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4D37 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-543E |
| kJapanese | エン のびる のべる のばす ひく のべ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:464 |
| kJapaneseKun | NOBIRU NOBASU |
| kJapaneseOn | EN |
| kJis0 | 1768 |
| kKangXi | 0352.300 |
| kKarlgren | 235 |
| kKorean | YEN |
| kLau | 3470 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1693 |
| kMandarin | yán |
| kMatthews | 7342 |
| kMeyerWempe | 893 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011101 MJ011101:E0103 MJ011102:E0104 MJ011100:E0105 |
| kMorohashi | 09569:E0105 |
| kNelson | 1547 |
| kPhonetic | 201 1578 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1286+54.3.5 V+13415+54.3.5 V+13654+54.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 54.4 |
| kSBGY | 137.32 412.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 204.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yán粵jin4 |
| kSpoofingVariant | U+2231B |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1693 |
| kTang | *iɛn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 421.190:yán |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | dang |
| kXerox | 250:062 |
| kXHC1983 | 1327.010:yán |