U+53CB "友" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

友
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+53CB "友" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "friend" or "companion." Its structure combines the radical for "hand" or "right hand" with another hand, suggesting the idea of two hands coming together in mutual assistance or friendship. This ideograph is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, appearing in common words such as "朋友" meaning "friend" in Chinese and "友達" for "friend" in Japanese. Its visual form and semantic meaning have deep cultural significance, emphasizing harmony and human connection across these writing systems.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+53CB
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
友
HTML Hex Encoding
友
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x8F 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x53CB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000053CB
C/C++/Java Escape
\u53cb

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
A4CD
kCCCII
213522
kCNS1986
1-452E
kCNS1992
1-452E
kCangjie
KE
kCantonese
jau5
kCihaiT
233.604
kCowles
5160
kDaeJaweon
0374.180
kDefinition
friend, companion; fraternity
kEACC
213522
kFanqie
云久
kFenn
186A
kFennIndex
639.02
kFourCornerCode
4004.7
kGB0
5149
kGB1
5149
kGradeLevel
1
kGSR
0995e
kHangul
우:0E
kHanYu
10391.010
kHanyuPinlu
you(437) yǒu(275)
kHanyuPinyin
10391.010:yǒu
kHKGlyph
0464
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10391.010
kIRG_GSource
G0-5351
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A4CD
kIRG_JSource
J0-4D27
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FADB
kIRG_KSource
K0-6952
kIRG_TSource
T1-452E
kIRG_VSource
V1-4E2B
kJapanese
ユウ ウ とも
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:97
kJapaneseKun
TOMO
kJapaneseOn
YUU
kJis0
4507
kKangXi
0165.060
kKarlgren
249
kKorean
WU
kLau
3366
kMainlandTelegraph
0645
kMandarin
yǒu
kMatthews
7540
kMeyerWempe
3856
kMojiJoho
MJ007992
kMorohashi
03119
kNelson
0858
kPhonetic
1518
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3857+29.2.2
kRSUnicode
29.2
kSBGY
321.10
kSMSZD2003Index
83.03
kSMSZD2003Readings
yǒu粵jau5
kTaiwanTelegraph
0645
kTang
hiǒu
kTGHZ2013
444.070:yǒu
kTotalStrokes
4
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
hữu
kXerox
242:274
kXHC1983
1404.020:yǒu