U+5584 "善" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+5584 "善" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of goodness, kindness, or virtue, originating as a key term in Confucian and Buddhist philosophy where it represents moral integrity and benevolent action. In its written form, the character combines the radical for "sheep" which symbolizes beauty or auspiciousness, with a simplified phonetic and semantic component that suggests speaking well or harmonizing. Beyond its lexical meaning, "善" is commonly used in everyday Chinese vocabulary in words like "善良" meaning kindhearted, and "改善" meaning to improve, reflecting its deep cultural association with positive ethical conduct and social harmony.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5584
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
善
HTML Hex Encoding
善
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x96 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5584
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005584
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5584
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B5BD
kCCCII
21523F
kCNS1986
1-6143
kCNS1992
1-6143
kCangjie
TGTR
kCantonese
sin6
kCihaiT
282.304
kCowles
3939
kDaeJaweon
0418.380
kDefinition
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
kEACC
21523F
kFanqie
常演
kFenn
152B
kFennIndex
435.09
kFourCornerCode
8060.5
kGB0
4138
kGB1
4138
kGSR
0205a
kHangul
선:0E
kHanYu
10660.020
kHanyuPinlu
shàn(206)
kHanyuPinyin
10660.020:shàn
kHKGlyph
3199
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10660.020
kIRG_GSource
G0-4946
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B5BD
kIRG_JSource
J0-4131
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E2B3
kIRG_KSource
K0-603C
kIRG_TSource
T1-6143
kIRG_VSource
V1-4F55
kJapanese
ゼン セン よい よくする よしとする
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:2738
kJapaneseKun
YOI
kJapaneseOn
ZEN
kJis0
3317
kKangXi
0197.180
kKorean
SEN
kLau
2808
kMainlandTelegraph
0810
kMandarin
shàn
kMatthews
5657
kMeyerWempe
2720
kMojiJoho
MJ008429 MJ008429:E0102 MJ008431:E0103 MJ008432:E0104 MJ008433:E0105 MJ008430:E0106
kMorohashi
03904 03904:E0102
kNelson
0606
kPhonetic
1203 1530
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2739+30.3.9
kRSUnicode
30.9
kSBGY
291.53
kSMSZD2003Index
109.21 538.20
kSMSZD2003Readings
shàn粵sin6
kTaiwanTelegraph
0810
kTang
*zhiɛ̌n
kTGHZ2013
325.050:shàn
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
thiện
kXerox
244:331
kXHC1983
0999.020:shàn