U+5FA8 "徨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5FA8 "徨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "agitated" or "restless," often appearing in the compound word "徬徨" (páng huáng), which describes a state of hesitation, anxiety, or wandering without direction. It is classified under the radical "彳" (double person radical), indicating a connection to movement or action, and was originally standardized under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block to represent a shared East Asian glyph. In historical and literary contexts, "徨" conveys a sense of emotional or spiritual turmoil, frequently used in classical poetry and prose to depict a troubled mind. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across systems, preserving its linguistic and cultural significance.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5FA8
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	徨
HTML Hex Encoding	徨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xBE 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5FA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005FA8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5fa8

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	B461
kCCCII	213D6E
kCNS1986	1-5F28
kCNS1992	1-5F28
kCangjie	HOHAG
kCantonese	wong4
kCihaiT	516.203
kCowles	5078
kDaeJaweon	0695.090
kDefinition	doubtful, irresolute, vacillating
kEACC	2D5C40
kFanqie	胡光
kFenn	74I
kFennIndex	206.05
kFourCornerCode	2621.4
kGB0	6569
kGB1	6569
kGSR	0708d
kHangul	황:0N
kHanYu	20835.030
kHanyuPinyin	20835.030:huáng
kHKGlyph	1284
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0695.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	20835.030
kIRGKangXi	0369.170
kIRG_GSource	G0-6165
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B461
kIRG_JSource	J0-5753
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F6DD
kIRG_KSource	K0-7C47
kIRG_TSource	T1-5F28
kIRG_VSource	V2-8B75
kJapanese	コウ オウ さまよう
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5217
kJapaneseKun	SAMAYOU
kJapaneseOn	KOU
kJis0	5551
kKangXi	0369.170
kKarlgren	104
kKorean	HWANG
kMainlandTelegraph	1787
kMandarin	huáng
kMatthews	2287
kMeyerWempe	3792a
kMojiJoho	MJ011334
kMorohashi	10178
kNelson	1623
kPhonetic	1457
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4798+60.3.9
kRSUnicode	60.9
kSBGY	181.29
kSMSZD2003Index	214.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	huáng粵wong4
kTaiwanTelegraph	1787
kTGHZ2013	146.080:huáng
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	274:277
kXHC1983	0497.110:huáng