U+8D5B "赛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
赛
U+8D5B "赛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to compete," "contest," or "race," and is commonly used in words related to competition, such as "比赛" (bǐsài, meaning competition or match) and "赛场" (sàichǎng, meaning competition venue). It can also denote the concept of "surpassing" or "excelling," as seen in "赛过" (sàiguò, to surpass), and appears in the names of major events like "奥运会" (Àoyùnhuì, the Olympics). In traditional Chinese culture, the character carries connotations of striving and excellence, reflecting its use in both formal and everyday contexts across writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D5B |
| 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 | 赛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 赛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB5 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d5b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275A37 |
| kCangjie | JTCO |
| kCantonese | coi3 |
| kDefinition | compete, contend; contest, race |
| kEACC | 275A37 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3080 |
| kGB0 | 4092 |
| kHanYu | 63656.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sài(124) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63656.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-487C |
| kTGH | 2013:3172 |
| kKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6357 |
| kMandarin | sài |
| kRSUnicode | 154'.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 172.02 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 319.170:sài |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "賽" U+8CFD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0981.140:sài |