# 劭 U+52AD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AD

A Chinese character meaning “encourage; to excel; excellent”, read shào in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `劭` |
| Codepoint | U+52AD |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AD |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `劭` `劭` |
| CSS | `\52AD` |
| JavaScript | `\u52AD` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8A AD |
| UTF-16 | 52AD |
| Definition | encourage; to excel; excellent |
| Mandarin | shào |
| Cantonese | siu6 |
| Japanese | SHOU TSUTOMERU |
| Korean | CHO |

## Related characters

- 劬 [U+52AC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AC](https://unicodekit.com/char/52AC)
- 劮 [U+52AE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AE](https://unicodekit.com/char/52AE)
- 劫 [U+52AB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AB](https://unicodekit.com/char/52AB)
- 劯 [U+52AF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AF](https://unicodekit.com/char/52AF)
- 努 [U+52AA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/52AA)
- 劰 [U+52B0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B0](https://unicodekit.com/char/52B0)
- 助 [U+52A9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52A9](https://unicodekit.com/char/52A9)
- 励 [U+52B1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B1](https://unicodekit.com/char/52B1)
- 动 [U+52A8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52A8](https://unicodekit.com/char/52A8)
- 劲 [U+52B2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B2](https://unicodekit.com/char/52B2)
- 劧 [U+52A7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52A7](https://unicodekit.com/char/52A7)
- 劳 [U+52B3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B3](https://unicodekit.com/char/52B3)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/52AD · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/52AD