U+59E0 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+59E0 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph that carries the meaning of a housekeeper or a woman in charge of domestic duties. This character is composed of the radical for woman, nü, on the left side, and a phonetic component on the right, which combines the meanings of both components to convey its specific definition. Historically, it was used in classical Chinese texts to refer to female servants or managers of household affairs, reflecting social roles in traditional Chinese society. In modern usage, the character is considered quite rare and is not commonly employed in everyday language, but it remains part of the broader CJK unified ideograph set for digital text representation across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
姠
HTML Hex Encoding
姠
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xA7 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x59E0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000059E0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u59e0

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
CE73
kCCCII
217A58
kCNS1986
2-2974
kCNS1992
2-2974
kCangjie
VHBR
kCantonese
hoeng3
kFourCornerCode
4742.0
kGB5
3172
kHanYu
21045.130
kHanyuPinyin
21045.130:xiàng
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21045.130
kIRG_GSource
G5-3F68
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CE73
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-009657
kIRG_TSource
T2-2974
kJapanese
ショウ キョウ コウ
kJapaneseOn
SHOU KYOU KOU
kKangXi
0260.020
kMandarin
xiàng
kMojiJoho
MJ009657
kMorohashi
06210
kRSUnicode
38.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kUnihanCore2020
HMT