U+59D0 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+59D0 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "elder sister" or "older female sibling," and it is commonly used in both Chinese and Japanese writing systems. In Japanese, it can specifically refer to "one's elder sister" or "a young lady," and it appears in words like "姉妹" (shimai), meaning sisters. The character is composed of the radical 女 (woman) on the left, indicating its feminine association, and the phonetic component 且 (qiě) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation in Chinese as "jiě". This ideograph plays a key role in expressing familial relationships and respectful address for older females in East Asian cultures.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
姐
HTML Hex Encoding
姐
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xA7 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding
0x59D0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000059D0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u59d0

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
A96A
kCCCII
21395E
kCNS1986
1-4C6C
kCNS1992
1-4C6C
kCangjie
VBM
kCantonese
ze2
kCihaiT
381.303
kCowles
4508
kDaeJaweon
0524.040
kDefinition
elder sister, young lady
kEACC
21395E
kFanqie
兹野
kFenn
623A
kFennIndex
55.08
kFourCornerCode
4741.0
kGB0
2967
kGB1
2967
kGradeLevel
1
kHangul
저:0N
kHanYu
21036.080
kHanyuPinlu
jie(237) jiě(180)
kHanyuPinyin
21036.080:jiě,jù,xù,zū
kHKGlyph
0891
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21036.080
kIRG_GSource
G0-3D63
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A96A
kIRG_JSource
J0-3039
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E7A7
kIRG_KSource
K0-6E3B
kIRG_TSource
T1-4C6C
kIRG_VSource
V1-5172
kJapanese
ソ シャ シ ショ セ あね あねご
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:1326
kJapaneseKun
ANE ANEGO
kJapaneseOn
SO SHA
kJis0
1625
kKangXi
0258.270
kKorean
CE
kLau
1366
kMainlandTelegraph
1195
kMandarin
jiě
kMatthews
766
kMeyerWempe
3304
kMojiJoho
MJ009640
kMorohashi
06172
kNelson
1202
kPhonetic
97
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1149+38.3.5
kRSUnicode
38.5
kSBGY
309.09
kSMSZD2003Index
154.07
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiě粵ze2
kTaiwanTelegraph
1195
kTGHZ2013
174.030:jiě
kTotalStrokes
8
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
thư
kXerox
242:344
kXHC1983
0582.010:jiě