U+5C09 "尉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

尉
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+5C09 "尉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally pronounced as "wèi" in Mandarin, with meanings rooted in ancient administrative and military contexts. It commonly denotes a military officer of a certain rank, particularly in historical Chinese systems, such as a commandant or a junior official, and also appears in modern terms like "上尉" for "captain" or "少尉" for "second lieutenant." Furthermore, in Japanese and Korean usage, it carries similar connotations of officialdom or rank, and it is also used as a surname.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+5C09
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
尉
HTML Hex Encoding
尉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xB0 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5C09
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005C09
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5c09

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
B14C
kCCCII
213B3E
kCNS1986
1-5970
kCNS1992
1-5970
kCangjie
SFDI
kCantonese
wai3
kCihaiT
435.301
kDaeJaweon
0584.020
kDefinition
officer, military rank
kEACC
213B3E
kFanqie
於胃 紆物
kFenn
727H
kFennIndex
600.04 600.06 648.09
kFourCornerCode
7420.0
kGB0
4630
kGB1
4630
kGSR
0525b
kHangul
위:0N
kHanYu
10508.050
kHanyuPinyin
10508.050:wèi,yù,yùn
kHKGlyph
1048
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10508.050
kIRG_GSource
G0-4E3E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B14C
kIRG_JSource
J0-3053
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDC8
kIRG_KSource
K0-6A4F
kIRG_TSource
T1-5970
kIRG_VSource
V2-8B58
kJapanese
イ ウツ ウチ やすんじる じょう
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:2471
kJapaneseKun
OSAERU YASUNJIRU
kJapaneseOn
I
kJis0
1651
kKangXi
0295.050
kKorean
WI WUL
kMainlandTelegraph
1414
kMandarin
wèi
kMatthews
7111
kMojiJoho
MJ010274 MJ010274:E0101 MJ057350:E0102
kMorohashi
07440 07440:E0101
kNelson
0231
kPhonetic
1176 1429
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1175+41.3.8
kRSUnicode
41.8
kSBGY
359.42 475.41
kSMSZD2003Index
174.05
kSMSZD2003Readings
wèi粵wai3 yù粵wat1
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+71A8<kFenn
kTaiwanTelegraph
1414
kTang
qiuə̀i
kTGHZ2013
384.070:wèi 449.090:yù
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
256:267
kXHC1983
1202.010:wèi 1418.080:yù