U+56AE "嚮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+56AE "嚮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to guide," "to lead," or "to direct," often carrying connotations of orientation or facing a certain direction, as in the word "方向" (direction). It is also used in classical texts to denote "previously" or "formerly," and appears in compound terms like "嚮往" (to yearn for or look forward to something). Structurally, it belongs to the radical "口" (mouth) and is composed of additional strokes that reflect its historical usage in literary and formal contexts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+56AE
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
嚮
HTML Hex Encoding
嚮
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x9A 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x56AE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000056AE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u56ae
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kAlternateTotalStrokes
19:J
kBigFive
C251
kCCCII
213755
kCNS1986
1-763D
kCNS1992
1-763D
kCangjie
VLHBR
kCantonese
hoeng3
kCihaiT
293.201
kCowles
1051
kDaeJaweon
0436.170
kDefinition
guide, direct; incline to, favor
kEACC
453755
kFanqie
許兩 許亮
kFenn
579G
kFennIndex
169.09
kFourCornerCode
2722.7
kGB1
8885
kGradeLevel
5
kGSR
0714i
kHangul
향:0N
kHanYu
10698.080
kHanyuPinyin
10698.080:xiàng,xiǎng
kHKGlyph
0703
kIICore
ATHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10698.080
kIRG_GSource
G1-7875
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C251
kIRG_JSource
J0-536C
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F3A4
kIRG_KSource
K0-7A3F
kIRG_TSource
T1-763D
kJapanese
キョウ コウ さきに むかう
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
MUKAU SAKINI
kJapaneseOn
KOU KYOU
kJis0
5176
kKangXi
0213.380
kKarlgren
139
kKorean
HYANG
kMandarin
xiàng
kMatthews
2561
kMeyerWempe
712a
kMojiJoho
MJ008764 MJ008764:E0104 MJ008765:E0105 MJ008766:E0106 MJ008767:E0107
kMorohashi
04565:E0105
kNelson
1013
kPhonetic
463
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4447+30.3.16 V+7985+30.3.16 V+20094+30.3.14 V+20095+30.3.16
kRSUnicode
30.16
kSBGY
311.45 425.35
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
121.15 122.03
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiàng粵hoeng3
kTaiwanTelegraph
0915
kTotalStrokes
17
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kXerox
257:356
kXHC1983
1260.031:xiàng