U+5582 "喂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+5582 "喂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an interjection used to initiate a telephone call or to attract someone's attention, similar to saying "hello" or "hey" in English. It can also be read as a verb meaning "to feed" when pronounced wèi in the fourth tone, as in feeding animals or people. In its interjection form, it carries a casual or polite tone depending on context, and it is a common character in both written and spoken Chinese, often appearing in dialogues or phone conversation scripts. Its structure combines the mouth radical (口) on the left, indicating speech or sound, with the phonetic component 畏 on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5582
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
喂
HTML Hex Encoding
喂
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x96 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5582
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005582
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5582
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B3DE
kCCCII
213669
kCNS1986
1-5E44
kCNS1992
1-5E44
kCangjie
RWMV
kCantonese
wai3
kCihaiT
282.302
kCowles
4993 5046
kDaeJaweon
0418.340
kDefinition
interjection to call attention
kEACC
213669
kFennIndex
600.10
kFourCornerCode
6603.2
kGB0
4625
kGB1
4625
kGradeLevel
4
kHanYu
10653.150
kHanyuPinlu
wèi(151)
kHanyuPinyin
10653.150:wèi
kHKGlyph
0631
kIICore
AGTHMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10653.150
kIRG_GSource
G0-4E39
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B3DE
kIRG_JSource
J14-242C
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDBA
kIRG_KSource
K2-2771
kIRG_TSource
T1-5E44
kIRG_VSource
V0-324B
kJapanese
イ
kTGH
2013:2641
kJIS0213
2,04,12
kJapaneseKun
NAGEKU
kJapaneseOn
KI KAI
kJis1
2171
kKangXi
0197.140
kLau
3181 3182 3183 3184
kMainlandTelegraph
0808
kMandarin
wèi
kMatthews
7103
kMeyerWempe
2175a 3718 3725
kMojiJoho
MJ008427
kMorohashi
03900
kPhonetic
1428
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17375+30.3.9
kRSUnicode
30.9
kSemanticVariant
U+9927<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index
109.19
kSMSZD2003Readings
wèi粵wai3
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+9927 U+9935<kMeyerWempe
kTaiwanTelegraph
0808
kTGHZ2013
384.080:wèi
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
GHMPT
kVietnamese
ỏi
kXerox
252:347
kXHC1983
1200.040:wèi