U+5F53 "当" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+5F53 "当" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental Chinese character meaning "to serve as," "to act as," or "should," and it also conveys the sense of "when" or "just at a time," with its traditional counterpart being 當. It is composed of the radical 彐 (a simplified form of 手, meaning "hand") and a top component resembling a small roof or covering, originally depicting a hand reaching for something matched or appropriate, signifying equivalence or suitability. This character appears frequently in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean script, used in words like 当时 (at that time), 当然 (of course), and 担任 (to hold a position), and it plays a key role in expressing temporal, conditional, or obligatory meanings across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5F53
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
当
HTML Hex Encoding
当
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xBD 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5F53
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005F53
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5f53
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
273746
kCNS1986
E-2351
kCNS1992
3-2351
kCangjie
FSM
kCantonese
dong1
kCihaiT
507.101
kDaeJaweon
0591.090
kDefinition
bear, accept, undertake; just
kEACC
274C39
kFennIndex
497.03
kFourCornerCode
9017.7
kGB0
2117
kHanYu
10562.120
kHanyuPinlu
dāng(2483) dàng(474) dang(40)
kIICore
AGJ
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10562.120
kIRG_GSource
G0-3531
kIRG_JSource
J0-4576
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3EC9
kIRG_KSource
K2-313C
kIRG_TSource
T3-2351
kJapanese
トウ あたる あてる
kJoyoKanji
2010
kTGH
2013:418
kJapaneseKun
ATARU ATERU ATE
kJapaneseOn
TOU
kJis0
3786
kKangXi
0297.061
kKorean
TANG
kMainlandTelegraph
3981
kMandarin
dāng
kMojiJoho
MJ011230
kMorohashi
09913
kNelson
1359
kPhonetic
1167 1377
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3184+42.3.3 C+3184+58.3.3
kRSUnicode
58.3
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
210.02
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+7576<kFenn
kTGHZ2013
066.060,066.070:dāng 067.020:dàng
kTotalStrokes
6
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GJ
kXHC1983
0213.040:dāng 0216.040:dàng
kJapaneseOldVariant
U+7576