U+4E5C "乜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

乜
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+4E5C "乜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a complex history, primarily used in Cantonese and Classical Chinese. In Cantonese, it functions as a common interrogative pronoun meaning "what" or "who," often appearing in conversational phrases and informal writing, though it is less frequently used in modern Mandarin. Historically, the character has also served as a surname in Chinese culture. Its structure consists of a single horizontal stroke above a bent vertical line, making it a relatively simple yet distinctive character within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs set.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+4E5C
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
乜
HTML Hex Encoding
乜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE4 0xB9 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x4E5C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00004E5C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u4e5c

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
C941
kCCCII
21643C
kCNS1986
2-2122
kCNS1992
2-2122
kCangjie
PN
kCantonese
mat1
kCheungBauer
005/01;PN;mat1
kCheungBauerIndex
338.04
kCihaiT
48.505
kCowles
2635 2672
kDaeJaweon
0168.010
kDefinition
to squint; (Cant.) what? huh?
kEACC
21643C
kFanqie
彌也
kFenn
297I
kFennIndex
340.11 362.03
kFourCornerCode
4771.2
kGB0
5631
kGB1
5631
kHanYu
10049.090
kHanyuPinyin
10049.090:miē,niè
kIICore
BTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10049.090
kIRG_GSource
G0-583F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-C941
kIRG_JSource
J1-3035
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-344B
kIRG_KSource
K2-213A
kIRG_TSource
T2-2122
kJapanese
バ メ
kTGH
2013:3502
kJapaneseKun
YABUNIRAMI
kJapaneseOn
BA ME
kJis1
1621
kKangXi
0083.180
kKorean
MYA
kLau
2105 2135
kMainlandTelegraph
0045
kMandarin
miē
kMatthews
4481
kMeyerWempe
1790 1820a
kMojiJoho
MJ006403
kMorohashi
00166
kPhonetic
882
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+21076+5.1.1
kRSUnicode
5.1
kSBGY
308.33
kSMSZD2003Index
9.12
kSMSZD2003Readings
niè粵ne6 miē粵me1 miē粵mat1
kTaiwanTelegraph
0045
kTGHZ2013
253.060:miē 267.070:niè
kTotalStrokes
2
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
277:145
kXHC1983
0789.030:miē 0835.080:niè
kStrange
B:U+31A4 I:U+4E5F