U+5F1F "弟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

弟

U+5F1F "弟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "younger brother" and is a fundamental component in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) writing systems. It is composed of a radical related to a bow or arrow and additional strokes, conveying the concept of fraternal order or sequence. Beyond its literal meaning, "弟" carries cultural significance in East Asian societies, where it often appears in terms like "弟弟" (younger brother) or in classical texts denoting respect for younger siblings. The character is also used in Japanese as "otouto" and in Korean as "je," reflecting its widespread adoption across these languages with consistent semantic roots. In Unicode, it is encoded under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, ensuring standard digital representation for modern text processing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5F1F
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	弟
HTML Hex Encoding	弟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xBC 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5F1F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005F1F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5f1f

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	A7CC
kCCCII	213D41
kCNS1986	1-4A2E
kCNS1992	1-4A2E
kCangjie	CNLH
kCantonese	dai6
kCihaiT	501.102
kCowles	4077
kDaeJaweon	0673.190
kDefinition	young brother; junior; I, me
kEACC	213D41
kFanqie	徒禮
kFenn	249A
kFennIndex	512.02
kFourCornerCode	8022.7
kGB0	2160
kGB1	2160
kGradeLevel	1
kGSR	0591a
kHangul	제:0E
kHanYu	10244.100
kHanyuPinlu	dì(248) di(200)
kHanyuPinyin	10244.100:dì,tì,tuí
kHKGlyph	1237
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0673.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10244.100
kIRGKangXi	0357.170
kIRG_GSource	G0-355C
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A7CC
kIRG_JSource	J0-446F
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EBEE
kIRG_KSource	K0-7029
kIRG_TSource	T1-4A2E
kIRG_VSource	V1-544C
kJapanese	テイダイデテキジャクタイテおとうと
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:854
kJapaneseKun	OTOUTO
kJapaneseOn	TEI DAI
kJis0	3679
kKangXi	0357.170
kKorean	CEY
kLau	479
kMainlandTelegraph	1717
kMandarin	dì
kMatthews	6201
kMeyerWempe	2979
kMojiJoho	MJ011163
kMorohashi	09737
kNelson	0584
kPhonetic	1310
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+3083+57.3.4
kRSUnicode	57.4
kSBGY	269.16 371.47
kSMSZD2003Index	207.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	dì粵dai6
kTaiwanTelegraph	1717
kTang	*dhěi
kTGHZ2013	072.090:dì
kTotalStrokes	7
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	đệ
kXerox	242:144
kXHC1983	0233.100:dì