U+53F5 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+53F5 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an adverb meaning "cannot" or "impossible," often used in classical or literary contexts to express a sense of prohibition or inability. It is a relatively rare character in modern Chinese, appearing more frequently in historical texts or fixed expressions. The character is composed of the radical "匚" (a box or enclosure) with the semantic component "口" (mouth) inside, and its structure suggests the idea of something being enclosed or blocked. Historically, it has been used to convey negation or difficulty, such as in the phrase "叵耐" (cannot endure).

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
叵
HTML Hex Encoding
叵
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x8F 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x53F5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000053F5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u53f5

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
A572
kCCCII
21344B
kCNS1986
1-4634
kCNS1992
1-4634
kCangjie
SR
kCantonese
po2
kCihaiT
246.402
kDaeJaweon
0385.050
kDefinition
cannot, be unable do, improbable; thereupon
kEACC
21344B
kFanqie
普火
kFenn
640K
kFennIndex
420.07
kFourCornerCode
7171.6
kGB0
5647
kGB1
5647
kHangul
파:1N
kHanYu
10082.030
kHanyuPinyin
10082.030:pǒ
kHKGlyph
0484
kIICore
AGTH
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10082.030
kIRG_GSource
G0-584F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A572
kIRG_JSource
J14-2363
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3929
kIRG_KSource
K1-7167
kIRG_TSource
T1-4634
kJapanese
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3533
kJIS0213
2,03,67
kJapaneseKun
DEKINAI SUKOBURU TSUINI
kJapaneseOn
HA
kJis1
2067
kKangXi
0173.090
kKarlgren
24
kKorean
PHA
kLau
2544
kMainlandTelegraph
0672
kMandarin
kMatthews
5349
kMeyerWempe
2440a
kMojiJoho
MJ008045
kMorohashi
03254
kPhonetic
487 1076
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14374+22.2.3 C+14374+30.3.2
kRSUnicode
30.2
kSBGY
307.08
kSemanticVariant
U+5C00<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index
89.04 72.13
kSMSZD2003Readings
pǒ粵po2
kTaiwanTelegraph
0672
kTGHZ2013
287.060:pǒ
kTotalStrokes
5
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
276:323
kXHC1983
0884.140:pǒ