U+5409 "吉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+5409 "吉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies good luck, fortune, or auspiciousness. Commonly used in East Asian cultures, especially in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, it appears in festive contexts such as New Year greetings, wedding decorations, and traditional blessings. The character combines components often interpreted as a scholar or gentleman above a mouth or receptacle, symbolizing harmonious or positive speech. As a fundamental ideograph, it is frequently employed in compound words like 吉祥, meaning auspicious or lucky, and maintains a deeply positive cultural connotation across multiple languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5409
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
吉
HTML Hex Encoding
吉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x90 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5409
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005409
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5409
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
A64E
kCCCII
213540
kCNS1986
1-474F
kCNS1992
1-474F
kCangjie
GR
kCantonese
gat1
kCihaiT
250.601
kCowles
1560
kDaeJaweon
0389.020
kDefinition
lucky, propitious, good
kEACC
213540
kFanqie
居質
kFenn
729E
kFennIndex
34.01
kFourCornerCode
4060.1
kGB0
2810
kGB1
2810
kGradeLevel
5
kGSR
0393a
kHangul
길:0E
kHanYu
10576.060
kHanyuPinlu
jí(13)
kHanyuPinyin
10576.060:jí
kHKGlyph
0493
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10576.060
kIRG_GSource
G0-3C2A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A64E
kIRG_JSource
J0-3548
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D2F9
kIRG_KSource
K0-514E
kIRG_TSource
T1-474F
kIRG_VSource
V1-4E47
kJapanese
キチ キツ よい
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:356
kJapaneseKun
YOI
kJapaneseOn
KICHI KITSU
kJis0
2140
kKangXi
0175.020
kKarlgren
325
kKorean
KIL
kLau
858
kMainlandTelegraph
0679
kMandarin
jí
kMatthews
476
kMeyerWempe
1057
kMojiJoho
MJ008064
kMorohashi
03289
kNelson
1053
kPhonetic
582
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1634+30.3.3 C+1634+33.3.3
kRSUnicode
30.3
kSBGY
469.09
kSMSZD2003Index
90.04 143.04
kSMSZD2003Readings
jí粵gat1
kSpoofingVariant
U+20BB7
kTaiwanTelegraph
0679
kTang
git
kTGHZ2013
155.040:jí
kTotalStrokes
6
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
cát
kXerox
250:101
kXHC1983
0525.090:jí