U+543D "吽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+543D "吽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in East Asian writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it is pronounced roughly as "hong" or "ou" in Mandarin and can carry various meanings. In Buddhist contexts, it is commonly associated with the sacred Sanskrit syllable "Hūṃ," representing a mantra often found in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhist traditions, symbolizing enlightenment, transformation, or the wrathful aspect of deities. Additionally, the character appears in classical Chinese texts and compound words, such as in the phrase "阿吽" (a-un), which describes a pair of guardian figures or the beginning and end of things, reflecting its role in religious and linguistic settings.
General Properties
Code Point
U+543D
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
吽
HTML Hex Encoding
吽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x90 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x543D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000543D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u543d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
CAA1
kCCCII
216E7D
kCNS1986
2-2341
kCNS1992
2-2341
kCangjie
RHQ
kCantonese
ngau4
kCihaiT
263.201
kCowles
3043
kDaeJaweon
0398.010
kDefinition
'OM'; bellow; (Cant.) dull, stupid
kEACC
216E7D
kFanqie
呼后
kFourCornerCode
6500.0
kGB3
2157
kHangul
후:1N
kHanYu
10589.060
kHanyuPinyin
10589.060:ōu,hōng,hǒu
kIICore
BTJH
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10589.060
kIRG_GSource
G3-3559
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CAA1
kIRG_JSource
J0-525F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3967
kIRG_KSource
K1-7460
kIRG_TSource
T2-2341
kJapanese
ウン オン コウ イン ゴウ ほえる
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3709
kJapaneseKun
HOERU
kJapaneseOn
IN GOU UN
kJis0
5063
kKangXi
0180.020
kKorean
HWU UM WU
kLau
2348
kMandarin
hōng
kMatthews
2376
kMeyerWempe
2050
kMojiJoho
MJ008119
kMorohashi
03378
kPhonetic
964
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4340+30.3.4 C+4340+93.4.3
kRSUnicode
30.4
kSBGY
327.02
kSMSZD2003Index
94.01 411.10
kSMSZD2003Readings
hōng粵hung1 hǒu粵hau2 óu粵ngau4
kTaiwanTelegraph
9730
kTGHZ2013
137.060:hōng
kTotalStrokes
7
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kXerox
315:112
kXHC1983
0461.080:hōng