U+5FCE "忎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5FCE "忎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that is not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin, with its primary meaning relating to the concept of "filial piety" or "respectful devotion," similar to the more common character 孝 (xiào) of which 忎 is considered a variant or an ancient form. This ideograph combines the radical 心 (xīn) meaning "heart" or "mind" with a modified top component, reflecting the internal sincerity and reverence associated with familial duty and moral conduct in traditional Chinese culture. Its historical usage appears in classical texts and calligraphy, but it lacks a unified or widely agreed upon pronunciation, making it an obscure and scholarly character.

General Properties

Code Point U+5FCE
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 忎
HTML Hex Encoding 忎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xBF 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5FCE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005FCE
C/C++/Java Escape \u5fce

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

kCCCII 222A67
kCNS1986 E-2578
kCNS1992 3-2578
kCangjie HJP
kCantonese jan4
kDaeJaweon 0702.150
kEACC 222A67
kHangul 인:N
kHanYu 42270.040
kIRGDaeJaweon 0702.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42270.040
kIRGKangXi 0376.060
kIRG_GSource GE-386E
kIRG_JSource JMJ-011381
kIRG_TSource T3-2578
kJapanese ジン
kKoreanName 2015
kKangXi 0376.060
kMandarin rén
kMojiJoho MJ011381
kMorohashi 10314
kRSUnicode 61.3
kTotalStrokes 7