U+516E "兮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+516E "兮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as a classical literary particle, most often used in ancient poetry and prose to indicate a pause or exclamation, similar to the modern "啊" (a). It appears frequently in famous works such as the "Chu Ci" (Songs of the South) where it adds rhythmic and emotional emphasis, and it also serves as a component in some compound words. In modern usage, "兮" is rarely employed in everyday speech but retains a strong presence in historical texts, traditional idioms, and calligraphy, carrying a distinctly archaic and lyrical tone that evokes classical Chinese aesthetics.
General Properties
Code Point
U+516E
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
兮
HTML Hex Encoding
兮
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x85 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x516E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000516E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u516e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
A4BC
kCCCII
213326
kCNS1986
1-447B
kCNS1992
1-447B
kCangjie
CMVS
kCantonese
hai4
kCihaiT
160.501
kCowles
966
kDaeJaweon
0283.020
kDefinition
exclamatory particle
kEACC
213326
kFanqie
胡雞
kFenn
240G
kFennIndex
160.01
kFourCornerCode
8020.7
kGB0
5766
kGB1
5766
kGSR
1241d
kHangul
혜:0E
kHanYu
10241.060
kHanyuPinyin
10241.060:xī
kHKGlyph
0284
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10241.060
kIRG_GSource
G0-5962
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A4BC
kIRG_JSource
J0-5142
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F5D3
kIRG_KSource
K0-7B31
kIRG_TSource
T1-447B
kIRG_VSource
V1-4C4A
kJapanese
ケイ ゲイ
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:3518
kJapaneseKun
NO
kJapaneseOn
KEI
kJis0
4934
kKangXi
0127.030
kKarlgren
123
kKorean
HYEY
kMainlandTelegraph
0363
kMandarin
xī
kMatthews
2414
kMeyerWempe
654a
kMojiJoho
MJ007278 MJ007278:E0101 MJ007279:E0102
kMorohashi
01455 01455:E0101
kPhonetic
424 428
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4217+12.2.2
kRSUnicode
12.2
kSBGY
089.29
kSemanticVariant
U+20503<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index
48.02
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵hai4
kTaiwanTelegraph
0363
kTang
*hei hei
kTGHZ2013
391.020:xī
kTotalStrokes
4
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
hề
kXerox
262:107
kXHC1983
1231.030:xī