U+55CE "嗎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+55CE "嗎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions as a particle primarily in traditional and some simplified Chinese writing systems, where it is used to form yes-no questions when placed at the end of a sentence. In modern Mandarin, it corresponds to the simplified form "吗" (U+5417) and carries a neutral tone, serving to indicate interrogation or rhetorical inquiry in both spoken and written language. Historically, it also saw use in classical Chinese as a verb meaning "to scold" or "to blame," though this older sense is now largely obsolete in common usage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+55CE
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
嗎
HTML Hex Encoding
嗎
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x97 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x55CE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000055CE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u55ce
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B6DC
kCCCII
21367A
kCNS1986
1-6343
kCNS1992
1-6343
kCangjie
RSQF
kCantonese
maa1
kCihaiT
288.205
kCowles
2562
kDaeJaweon
0425.020
kDefinition
final interrogative particle
kEACC
21367A
kFenn
255C
kFennIndex
326.01
kFourCornerCode
6102.7
kGB1
3480
kGradeLevel
1
kHanYu
10664.100
kHanyuPinlu
ma(1456) má(93)
kHanyuPinyin
10664.100:mà,ma,má,mǎ
kHKGlyph
0646
kIICore
ATHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10664.100
kIRG_GSource
G1-4270
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B6DC
kIRG_JSource
J13-2F2E
kIRG_KSource
K2-2834
kIRG_TSource
T1-6343
kIRG_VSource
V1-4F68
kJapanese
バ
kJIS0213
1,15,14
kJapaneseOn
BA
kJis1
2192
kKangXi
0202.210
kKorean
MA
kLau
2040 2041
kMandarin
ma
kMatthews
4311
kMeyerWempe
1734
kMojiJoho
MJ008521
kMorohashi
04065
kPhonetic
863
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+16809+30.3.10 C+16809+187.10.3
kRSUnicode
30.10
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
114.14 784.09
kSMSZD2003Readings
ma粵maa1,maa3 má粵maa1 mǎ粵maa1
kTaiwanTelegraph
0834
kTotalStrokes
13
kUnihanCore2020
HMT
kVietnamese
mửa
kXerox
242:307