U+5F88 "很" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5F88 "很" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an adverb meaning "very" or "quite" in Modern Standard Mandarin, though it historically carried the semantic sense of "recalcitrant" or "to disobey" in Classical Chinese, as its radical 彳 (step) and phonetic component 艮 (which also implies stubbornness) suggest. This character is one of the most frequently used words in everyday Chinese conversation and writing, serving to intensify adjectives in a neutral manner without the comparative connotations of its English equivalent. Its presence in the Unicode standard, specifically within the CJK Unified Ideographs block, ensures its consistent encoding across digital platforms for the vast Chinese-speaking world.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5F88
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	很
HTML Hex Encoding	很
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xBE 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5F88
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005F88
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5f88

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	ABDC
kCCCII	213D61
kCNS1986	1-507E
kCNS1992	1-507E
kCangjie	HOAV
kCantonese	han2
kCihaiT	510.502
kCowles	977
kDaeJaweon	0687.070
kDefinition	very, quite, much
kEACC	213D61
kFanqie	胡墾
kFenn	359A
kFennIndex	153.01
kFourCornerCode	2723.2
kGB0	2660
kGB1	2660
kGradeLevel	1
kGSR	0416e
kHangul	흔:1N
kHanYu	20822.010
kHanyuPinlu	hěn(3637)
kHanyuPinyin	20822.010:hěn
kHKGlyph	1268
kIICore	AGTJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0687.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	20822.010
kIRGKangXi	0366.130
kIRG_GSource	G0-3A5C
kIRG_HSource	HB1-ABDC
kIRG_JSource	J0-574C
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4222
kIRG_KSource	K1-7525
kIRG_TSource	T1-507E
kJapanese	コン ゴン もとる
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:1584
kJapaneseKun	MOTORU
kJapaneseOn	KON
kJis0	5544
kKangXi	0366.130
kKarlgren	312
kKorean	HUN
kLau	1125
kMainlandTelegraph	1771
kMandarin	hěn
kMatthews	2094
kMeyerWempe	664
kMojiJoho	MJ011298
kMorohashi	10093
kPhonetic	575
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4791+60.3.6 C+4791+138.6.3
kRSUnicode	60.6
kSBGY	283.30
kSMSZD2003Index	212.13
kSMSZD2003Readings	hěn粵han2
kTaiwanTelegraph	1771
kTGHZ2013	136.050:hěn
kTotalStrokes	9
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	241:133
kXHC1983	0458.030:hěn