U+59AE "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+59AE "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of a maid or a young girl, often used in names and terms of endearment. Pronounced "nī" in Mandarin, it combines the radical for woman (女) on the left with the phonetic component "尼" on the right, linking it to feminine contexts and sometimes a gentle or affectionate tone. In modern usage, it appears in common words like "妮子" (nīzi) for a girl or daughter, and is frequently incorporated into female given names to convey charm or youthfulness. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, reflecting its shared use across these East Asian writing systems with similar meanings and pronunciations.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
妮
HTML Hex Encoding
妮
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xA6 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x59AE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000059AE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u59ae

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
A967
kCCCII
21395A
kCNS1986
1-4C69
kCNS1992
1-4C69
kCangjie
VSP
kCantonese
nei4
kCihaiT
383.202
kDaeJaweon
0522.100
kDefinition
maid, servant girl; cute girl
kEACC
21395A
kFenn
725H
kFennIndex
359.10
kFourCornerCode
4741.1
kGB0
3661
kGB1
3661
kHangul
니:N
kHanYu
21041.020
kHanyuPinyin
21041.020:nī,ní
kHKGlyph
0889
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21041.020
kIRG_GSource
G0-445D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A967
kIRG_JSource
J14-254C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3CF9
kIRG_KSource
K2-2B77
kIRG_TSource
T1-4C69
kIRG_VSource
V1-5169
kJapanese
ジ ニ はしため
kKoreanName
2018
kTGH
2013:1328
kJIS0213
2,05,44
kJapaneseKun
HASHITAME YAHARAKAKUMATSUHARU
kJapaneseOn
JI NI
kJis1
2518
kKangXi
0257.140
kMainlandTelegraph
1200
kMandarin
kMatthews
4657
kMeyerWempe
1979b
kMojiJoho
MJ009605
kMorohashi
06123
kPhonetic
946
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17485+38.3.5
kRSUnicode
38.5
kSMSZD2003Index
153.17
kSMSZD2003Readings
nī粵nei4
kTaiwanTelegraph
1200
kTGHZ2013
264.080:nī
kTotalStrokes
8
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kVietnamese
ni
kXerox
256:323
kXHC1983
0826.040:nī