U+545C "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+545C "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an onomatopoeia, representing a low, mournful sound such as a sob, a whimper, or the hooting of a whistle or horn. In modern usage, it conveys a sense of sadness, lamentation, or soft crying, and it can also appear in written transcriptions of similar sounds. Pronounced "wū" in Mandarin, it is found in classical poetry and everyday digital communication, often used with repetition like "呜呜" to mimic the sound of crying or the distant wail of a train.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
呜
HTML Hex Encoding
呜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x91 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x545C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000545C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u545c

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
273721
kCangjie
RPVM
kCantonese
wu1
kDefinition
sound of crying, sobbing
kEACC
273721
kFourCornerCode
6702
kGB0
4656
kHanYu
10593.040
kHanyuPinlu
wū(11)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10593.040
kIRG_GSource
G0-4E58
kTGH
2013:745
kKangXi
0181.191
kMainlandTelegraph
0839
kMandarin
kPhonetic
1459*
kRSUnicode
30.4
kSMSZD2003Index
95.19
kTGHZ2013
388.050:wū
kTotalStrokes
7
kUnihanCore2020
G
kXHC1983
1212.010:wū