U+53D8 "变" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+53D8 "变" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to change," "to become," or "to transform," and it is composed of components suggesting alteration and action, often used in words like "变化" (biànhuà, meaning change) and "变成" (biànchéng, meaning to turn into). This ideograph is historically derived from script forms that depict the process of modification, and in modern usage, it is a common element in both formal and colloquial Chinese, expressing concepts of evolution, variation, or conversion across contexts from daily life to technical terminology.
General Properties
Code Point
U+53D8
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
变
HTML Hex Encoding
变
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x8F 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding
0x53D8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000053D8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u53d8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
27594B
kCangjie
YCE
kCantonese
bin3
kCowles
3294
kDefinition
change, transform, alter; rebel
kEACC
27594B
kFennIndex
409.03
kFourCornerCode
0040
kGB0
1768
kHanYu
10397.010
kHanyuPinlu
biàn(1669)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10397.010
kIRG_GSource
G0-3164
kIRG_HSource
H-895A
kIRG_MSource
MA-895A
kTGH
2013:1204
kJapaneseKun
KAWARU KAERU
kJapaneseOn
HEN
kKangXi
0166.071
kKorean
PYEN
kMainlandTelegraph
6239
kMandarin
biàn
kMatthews
5245
kMeyerWempe
2361
kPhonetic
833*
kRSUnicode
29.6 8.6
kSemanticVariant
U+8B8A<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index
14.17 84.16
kTGHZ2013
021.170:biàn
kTotalStrokes
8
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kXHC1983
0066.070:biàn