# 吸 U+5438 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5438

A Chinese character meaning “inhale, suck in; absorb; attract”, read xī in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `吸` |
| Codepoint | U+5438 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5438 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `吸` `吸` |
| CSS | `\5438` |
| JavaScript | `\u5438` |
| UTF-8 | E5 90 B8 |
| UTF-16 | 5438 |
| Definition | inhale, suck in; absorb; attract |
| Mandarin | xī |
| Cantonese | kap1 |
| Japanese | KYUU SUU |
| Korean | HUP |

## Related characters

- 吷 [U+5437 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5437](https://unicodekit.com/char/5437)
- 吹 [U+5439 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5439](https://unicodekit.com/char/5439)
- 吶 [U+5436 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5436](https://unicodekit.com/char/5436)
- 吺 [U+543A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543A](https://unicodekit.com/char/543A)
- 吵 [U+5435 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5435](https://unicodekit.com/char/5435)
- 吻 [U+543B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543B](https://unicodekit.com/char/543B)
- 吴 [U+5434 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5434](https://unicodekit.com/char/5434)
- 吼 [U+543C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C](https://unicodekit.com/char/543C)
- 吳 [U+5433 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433](https://unicodekit.com/char/5433)
- 吽 [U+543D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543D](https://unicodekit.com/char/543D)
- 吲 [U+5432 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5432](https://unicodekit.com/char/5432)
- 吾 [U+543E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543E](https://unicodekit.com/char/543E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5438 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5438