U+5B83 "它" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

它
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+5B83 "它" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a third-person singular pronoun for inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts, equivalent to the English word "it." Its written form features a roof-like radical (宀) atop a simplified variation of the character for "snake" (巳), reflecting its ancient etymology linked to serpents or creatures, though today it is purely grammatical. Commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, "它" is distinct from other third-person forms like 他 (for humans, masculine) and 她 (for humans, feminine), and it plays a key role in constructing neutral references in sentences such as "它是什么?" meaning "What is it?"

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General Properties

Code Point
U+5B83
Version Added
1.1
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block
CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category
Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
它
HTML Hex Encoding
它
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xAE 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5B83
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005B83
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5b83

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check
Yes
NFD Quick Check
Yes
NFKC Quick Check
Yes
NFKD Quick Check
Yes
Numeric Type
None
Numeric Value
NaN
Line Break
Ideographic
East Asian Width
Wide
Script
Han
Script Extensions
Han
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
ID Start
Yes
XID Start
Yes
ID Continue
Yes
XID Continue
Yes
Alphabetic
Yes
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
OLetter
Ideographic
Yes
Unified Ideograph
Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
A5A6
kCCCII
213A64
kCNS1986
1-4646
kCNS1992
1-4646
kCangjie
JP
kCantonese
taa1
kCihaiT
405.101
kDaeJaweon
0551.140
kDefinition
it; other
kEACC
274A53
kFanqie
託何
kFenn
322K
kFennIndex
532.04
kFourCornerCode
3071.1
kGB0
4392
kGB1
4392
kGradeLevel
2
kGSR
0004a
kHanYu
20910.030
kHanyuPinlu
tā(2984)
kHanyuPinyin
20910.030:tā,tuó,yí
kHKGlyph
0992
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20910.030
kIRG_GSource
G0-4B7C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A5A6
kIRG_JSource
J0-5560
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3E41
kIRG_KSource
K2-2D67
kIRG_TSource
T1-4646
kIRG_VSource
V2-8B50
kJapanese
タ シャ ジャ へび
kTGH
2013:314
kJapaneseKun
HEBI
kJapaneseOn
TA SHA
kJis0
5364
kKangXi
0281.140
kLau
2985
kMainlandTelegraph
1338
kMandarin
tā
kMatthews
6439
kMeyerWempe
3188a
kMojiJoho
MJ010108
kMorohashi
07057
kPhonetic
1368
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4623+21.2.3 C+4623+40.3.2
kRSUnicode
40.2
kSBGY
160.46
kSemanticVariant
U+4F57<kMatthews U+7260<kLau
kSMSZD2003Index
165.15
kSMSZD2003Readings
tā粵taa1 tā,tuō粵to1,taa1
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+7260
kTaiwanTelegraph
1338
kTGHZ2013
355.020:tā
kTotalStrokes
5
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kXerox
243:153
kXHC1983
1106.030:tā