U+55B5 "喵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+55B5 "喵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an onomatopoeia representing the sound a cat makes, equivalent to "meow" in English. It is composed of the radical "口" (mouth) on the left, indicating sound or speech, and the phonetic component "苗" (young plant or sprout) on the right, which hints at its pronunciation. In modern Chinese, it is commonly used in informal contexts, such as internet slang or children's writing, and also appears in some compound words or terms related to cats. Historically, it is attested in classical Chinese texts, often denoting soft, catlike vocalizations.
General Properties
Code Point
U+55B5
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
喵
HTML Hex Encoding
喵
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x96 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x55B5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000055B5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u55b5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
D870
kCCCII
217147
kCNS1986
2-3A54
kCNS1992
2-3A54
kCangjie
RTW
kCantonese
miu1
kDefinition
the mew of the cat
kEACC
217147
kFenn
817H
kFennIndex
339.08
kFourCornerCode
6406.0
kGB0
6387
kGB1
6387
kHanYu
10637.060
kHanyuPinyin
10637.060:miāo
kIICore
BGT
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10637.060
kIRG_GSource
G0-5F77
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D870
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-008499
kIRG_TSource
T2-3A54
kIRG_VSource
V0-3248
kJapanese
ミャオ
kTGH
2013:4819
kKangXi
0201.121
kLau
2152
kMandarin
miāo
kMatthews
4471
kMojiJoho
MJ008499
kMorohashi
04024
kPhonetic
908
kRSUnicode
30.9
kSMSZD2003Index
110.09
kSMSZD2003Readings
miāo粵miu1
kTGHZ2013
252.030:miāo
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kVietnamese
mếu
kXerox
273:167
kXHC1983
0787.020:miāo