U+5B57 CJK Unified Ideograph-5B57
U+5B57 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Letter and is mainly used in the Han script. The Unihan Database defines it as letter, character, word. Its Pīnyīn pronunciation is zì.
The glyph is not a composition. Its East Asian Width is wide. In bidirectional text it is written from left to right. When changing direction it is not mirrored. U+5B57 offers a line break opportunity at its position, except in some numeric contexts.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
A courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; lit. 'character'), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particularly in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Courtesy names are a marker of adulthood and were historically given to men at the age of 20, and sometimes to women upon marriage.
Unlike art names, which are more akin to pseudonyms or pen names, courtesy names served a formal and respectful purpose. In traditional Chinese society, using someone’s given name in adulthood was considered disrespectful among peers, making courtesy names essential for formal communication and writing.
Courtesy names often reflect the meaning of the given name or use homophonic characters, and were typically disyllabic after the Qin dynasty. The practice also extended to other East Asian cultures, and was sometimes adopted by Mongols and Manchus during the Qing dynasty. The choice of a courtesy name was significant, intended to express moral integrity and respect within the cultural context.
Representations
System | Representation |
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Nº | 23383 |
UTF-8 | E5 AD 97 |
UTF-16 | 5B 57 |
UTF-32 | 00 00 5B 57 |
URL-Quoted | %E5%AD%97 |
HTML hex reference | 字 |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | å— |
Encoding: BIG5 (hex bytes) | A6 72 |
Encoding: BIG5HKSCS (hex bytes) | A6 72 |
Encoding: CP932 (hex bytes) | 8E 9A |
Encoding: CP949 (hex bytes) | ED AE |
Encoding: CP950 (hex bytes) | A6 72 |
Encoding: EUC_JP (hex bytes) | BB FA |
Encoding: EUC_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | BB FA |
Encoding: EUC_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | BB FA |
Encoding: EUC_KR (hex bytes) | ED AE |
Encoding: GB2312 (hex bytes) | D7 D6 |
Encoding: GBK (hex bytes) | D7 D6 |
Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | D7 D6 |
Encoding: HZ (hex bytes) | 7E 7B 57 56 7E 7D |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_1 (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2 (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2004 (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_3 (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_EXT (hex bytes) | 1B 24 42 3B 7A 1B 28 42 |
Encoding: ISO2022_KR (hex bytes) | 1B 24 29 43 0E 6D 2E 0F |
Encoding: JOHAB (hex bytes) | F1 AE |
Encoding: SHIFT_JIS (hex bytes) | 8E 9A |
Encoding: SHIFT_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 8E 9A |
Encoding: SHIFT_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 8E 9A |
Pīnyīn | zì |
Related Characters
Elsewhere
Complete Record
Property | Value |
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1.1 (1993) | |
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B57 | |
— | |
CJK Unified Ideographs | |
Other Letter | |
Han | |
Left To Right | |
Not Reordered | |
none | |
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✘ | |
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✘ | |
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✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
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Any | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
✔ | |
None | |
— | |
NA | |
Other | |
— | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
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Yes | |
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Yes | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
Other Letter | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
Other | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
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None | |
wide | |
Not Applicable | |
— | |
No_Joining_Group | |
Non Joining | |
Ideographic | |
none | |
not a number | |
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U | |
A672 | |
213A52 | |
1-4773 | |
1-4773 | |
JND | |
zi6 | |
398.103 | |
4672 | |
0545.070 | |
letter, character, word | |
213A52 | |
疾置 | |
112A | |
586.02 587.01 | |
3040.7 | |
5554 | |
5554 | |
0964n | |
1 | |
0974 | |
21010.020 | |
자:0E | |
zì(676) zi(138) | |
21010.020:zì | |
AGTJHKMP | |
0545.070 | |
21010.020 | |
0277.180 | |
G0-5756 | |
HB1-A672 | |
J0-3B7A | |
KP0-E6AF | |
K0-6D2E | |
T1-4773 | |
V1-523E | |
ジ シ あざ あざな やしなう | |
AZA UMU MASU | |
JI | |
2790 | |
2010 | |
0277.180 | |
CA | |
2007 | |
1446 | |
1316 | |
zì | |
6942 | |
3536 | |
MJ010057 | |
06942 | |
1281 | |
134 147 | |
C+2248+39.3.3 C+2248+40.3.3 | |
39.3 | |
357.13 | |
163.06 166.09 | |
zì粵zi6 | |
2013:548 | |
492.140:zì | |
1316 | |
*dzhiə̀ dzhiə̀ | |
6 | |
GHJKMPT | |
tự | |
1533.040:zì | |
242:041 |