U+5F18 "弘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
弘
U+5F18 "弘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "wide" or "great," often conveying ideas of expanding, enlarging, or making something extensive in scope or influence. It is composed of the radical 弓 (bow) and the phonetic component 厶, and it appears in classical texts as well as modern usage, particularly in compound words like 弘大 (vast) or 弘扬 (to promote or develop). This character carries positive connotations of breadth or deepening, and it is also used in personal names and historical titles within East Asian cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F18 |
| 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 | 弘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 弘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBC 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f18 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5B0 |
| kCCCII | 213D3E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4650 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4650 |
| kCangjie | NI |
| kCantonese | wang4 |
| kCihaiT | 500.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0673.020 |
| kDefinition | enlarge, expand; liberal, great |
| kEACC | 213D3E |
| kFanqie | 胡肱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1223.0 |
| kGB0 | 2675 |
| kGB1 | 2675 |
| kGSR | 0887g |
| kHangul | 홍:0E |
| kHanYu | 20990.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20990.150:hóng |
| kHKGlyph | 1234 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0673.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20990.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0356.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3A6B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5B0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3930 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4CB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7B70 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4650 |
| kJapanese | コウ グ ひろむ ひろい ひろめる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:329 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIROI HIROMERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU GU |
| kJis0 | 2516 |
| kKangXi | 0356.170 |
| kKarlgren | 116 |
| kKorean | HONG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1738 |
| kMandarin | hóng |
| kMatthews | 2380 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3760i |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011156 |
| kMorohashi | 09709 |
| kNelson | 1563 |
| kPhonetic | 685 686 1446 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1986+28.2.3 C+1986+57.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 57.2 |
| kSBGY | 201.43 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 207.03 82.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hóng粵wang4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1738 |
| kTang | huəng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 137.120:hóng |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 260:271 |
| kXHC1983 | 0466.070:hóng |