U+5F31 "弱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
弱
U+5F31 "弱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "weak," "frail," or "gentle," and it is composed of two identical components representing a bow, which together symbolize a lack of strength or flexibility. This character appears in various East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it is used in words related to physical weakness, fragility, or softness, as well as in philosophical or literary contexts to describe a state of yielding or gentleness. Its structure and usage reflect deep cultural associations with the concept of flexibility overcoming rigidity, as seen in Taoist principles.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F31 |
| 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 | 弱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 弱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBC 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F31 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f31 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE7A |
| kCCCII | 213D46 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-553E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-553E |
| kCangjie | NMNIM |
| kCantonese | joek6 |
| kCihaiT | 502.102 |
| kCowles | 5182 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0675.170 |
| kDefinition | weak; fragile, delicate |
| kEACC | 213D46 |
| kFanqie | 而灼 |
| kFenn | 245C |
| kFennIndex | 230.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1712.7 |
| kGB0 | 4085 |
| kGB1 | 4085 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 1123a |
| kHangul | 약:0E |
| kHanYu | 20996.160 |
| kHanyuPinlu | ruò(193) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20996.160:ruò |
| kHKGlyph | 1242 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0675.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20996.160 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0358.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4875 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE7A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3C65 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7E9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6530 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-553E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-544E |
| kJapanese | ジャク ニャク よわい よわる よわまる よわめる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2134 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOWAI YOWARU YOWAMARU |
| kJapaneseOn | JAKU NYAKU |
| kJis0 | 2869 |
| kKangXi | 0358.240 |
| kKorean | YAK |
| kLau | 3387 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1726 |
| kMandarin | ruò |
| kMatthews | 3128 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3874 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011191 MJ011191:E0102 MJ011190:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 09791' 09791':E0102 09791:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0650 1569 |
| kPhonetic | 1524 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2321+57.3.7 V+13811+57.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 57.7 |
| kSBGY | 502.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 208.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | ruò粵joek6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1726 |
| kTang | njiɑk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 318.110:ruò |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nhược |
| kXerox | 246:163 |
| kXHC1983 | 0978.090:ruò |