# 唸 U+5538 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5538

A Chinese character meaning “recite, read, chant”, read niàn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `唸` |
| Codepoint | U+5538 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5538 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `唸` `唸` |
| CSS | `\5538` |
| JavaScript | `\u5538` |
| UTF-8 | E5 94 B8 |
| UTF-16 | 5538 |
| Definition | recite, read, chant |
| Mandarin | niàn |
| Cantonese | nim6 |
| Japanese | TEN UNARU UNARI |
| Korean | CEM CEN |

## Related characters

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- 唼 [U+553C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553C](https://unicodekit.com/char/553C)
- 唳 [U+5533 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5533](https://unicodekit.com/char/5533)
- 唽 [U+553D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553D](https://unicodekit.com/char/553D)
- 唲 [U+5532 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5532](https://unicodekit.com/char/5532)
- 唾 [U+553E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553E](https://unicodekit.com/char/553E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5538 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5538