U+5688 "嚈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5688 "嚈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that is historically used in transcribed foreign names, most notably as the first character in the name "嚈哒" (Yanda), which refers to the Hephthalite Empire, a nomadic confederation that existed in Central Asia during late antiquity. This character is read as "yàn" in Mandarin and carries the radical "口" (mouth), though it does not have a common independent meaning in modern standard Chinese and appears primarily in ancient or transliterated texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard preserves this rare ideograph for digital use in historical and linguistic contexts.