U+559A "喚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

喚
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+559A "喚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to call out, summon, or shout, often used in contexts of awakening or invoking attention, as seen in words like 呼喚 (to call out) or 喚醒 (to awaken). Its etymology traces back to ancient script forms where it conveyed the idea of vocally prompting or rousing someone from inaction or sleep, and it remains common in both literary and everyday Chinese as well as in Japanese kanji with similar meanings. The character combines the mouth radical 口 indicating speech with a phonetic component, reflecting its connection to vocal expression and summoning.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+559A
Version Added
1.1
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block
CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category
Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
喚
HTML Hex Encoding
喚
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x96 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x559A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000559A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u559a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check
Yes
NFD Quick Check
Yes
NFKC Quick Check
Yes
NFKD Quick Check
Yes
Numeric Type
None
Numeric Value
NaN
Line Break
Ideographic
East Asian Width
Wide
Script
Han
Script Extensions
Han
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
ID Start
Yes
XID Start
Yes
ID Continue
Yes
XID Continue
Yes
Alphabetic
Yes
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
OLetter
Ideographic
Yes
Unified Ideograph
Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
B3EA
kCCCII
21366D
kCNS1986
1-5E50
kCNS1992
1-5E50
kCangjie
RNBK
kCantonese
wun6
kCihaiT
283.602
kCowles
864
kDaeJaweon
0420.250
kDefinition
call, summon; invite; be called
kEACC
21366D
kFanqie
火貫
kFenn
774C
kFennIndex
204.06
kFourCornerCode
6703.4
kGradeLevel
3
kHangul
환:0N
kHanYu
10658.061
kHanyuPinlu
huàn(57) huan(35)
kHKGlyph
0637
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10658.061
kIRG_GSource
G1-3B3D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B3EA
kIRG_JSource
J0-342D
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6C6
kIRG_KSource
K0-7C30
kIRG_TSource
T1-5E50
kIRG_VSource
V1-4F5D
kJapanese
カン よぶ わめく
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
YOBU
kJapaneseOn
KAN
kJis0
2013
kKangXi
0199.010
kKarlgren
99
kKorean
HWAN
kMandarin
huàn
kMatthews
2249
kMeyerWempe
584
kMojiJoho
MJ008462
kMorohashi
03953
kNelson
0958
kPhonetic
1469
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1513+30.3.9
kRSUnicode
30.9
kSBGY
404.05
kSimplifiedVariant
"唤" U+5524 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index
110.14
kSMSZD2003Readings
huàn粵wun6
kTaiwanTelegraph
0822
kTang
huɑ̀n
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
hoán
kXerox
247:125