U+519A "冚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+519A "冚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a colloquial and dialectal variant of the more common character "蓋" or "蓋", meaning "to cover" or "to conceal". It is frequently used in Cantonese as a verb meaning "to cover up" or "to hide", and also appears in contexts such as "冚家", which denotes an entire family or household, often in a negative or derogatory sense. This character is composed of the radical "冖" (covering) and the phonetic component "巠", and while it is less common in formal Standard Mandarin texts, it retains significance in regional writing and informal usage, particularly within Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking communities.
General Properties
Code Point
U+519A
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
冚
HTML Hex Encoding
冚
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x86 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x519A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000519A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u519a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCangjie
BU
kCantonese
kam2
kCheungBauer
014/03;BU;ham6,kam2
kCheungBauerIndex
342.01 342.02 342.03 342.04 342.05 342.06
kCowles
1155
kDefinition
(Cant.) cover, lid
kHanYu
10303.020
kHanyuPinyin
10303.020:kǎn
kIICore
BHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10303.020
kIRG_GSource
GH-1204
kIRG_HSource
H-9E52
kKangXi
0130.161
kLau
1653
kMandarin
kǎn
kMeyerWempe
776
kPseudoGB1
9202
kRSUnicode
14.3
kTotalStrokes
5
kUnihanCore2020
HM