U+5FAF "徯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
徯
U+5FAF "徯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically conveys meanings related to waiting, expectation, or the act of waiting for someone or something with a sense of anticipation, and in classical texts it also carries connotations of path or way, as its radical "彳" suggests a connection to walking or movement. This character is found in literary and classical Chinese contexts, where it often appears in compound words or phrases describing the state of awaiting an event or person, and its usage underscores the nuanced expression of temporality and patience in written Chinese.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5FAF |
| 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 | 徯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 徯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBE 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5FAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005FAF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5faf |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DD63 |
| kCCCII | 222A46 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4269 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4269 |
| kCangjie | HOBVK |
| kCantonese | hai4 |
| kCihaiT | 517.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0697.010 |
| kDefinition | wait for, await, expect, hope |
| kEACC | 222A46 |
| kFanqie | 胡雞 胡禮 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2223.4 |
| kGB3 | 2605 |
| kGB8 | 9105 |
| kGSR | 0876i |
| kHangul | 혜:1N |
| kHanYu | 20839.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20839.010:xī,xí |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0697.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20839.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0370.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3A25 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DD63 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7443 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4246 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7368 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4269 |
| kJapanese | ケイ ゲイ あやうい こみち まつ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,84,35 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOMISA MOTSU |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI GEI |
| kJis1 | 2920 |
| kKangXi | 0370.130 |
| kKarlgren | 126 |
| kKorean | HYEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1793 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2427 |
| kMeyerWempe | 654c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011346 |
| kMorohashi | 10204 |
| kPhonetic | 427 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14528+60.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 60.10 |
| kSBGY | 089.17 269.54 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 215.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵hai4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1793 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 303:047 |
| kXHC1983 | 1230.040:xī |