# 啀 U+5540 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5540

A Chinese character meaning “gnaw; (Cant.) to shout, yell, scold”, read ái in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `啀` |
| Codepoint | U+5540 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5540 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `啀` `啀` |
| CSS | `\5540` |
| JavaScript | `\u5540` |
| UTF-8 | E5 95 80 |
| UTF-16 | 5540 |
| Definition | gnaw; (Cant.) to shout, yell, scold |
| Mandarin | ái |
| Cantonese | ngaai4 |
| Japanese | GAI IGAMU |
| Korean | AY |

## Related characters

- 唿 [U+553F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553F](https://unicodekit.com/char/553F)
- 啁 [U+5541 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5541](https://unicodekit.com/char/5541)
- 唾 [U+553E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553E](https://unicodekit.com/char/553E)
- 啂 [U+5542 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5542](https://unicodekit.com/char/5542)
- 唽 [U+553D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553D](https://unicodekit.com/char/553D)
- 啃 [U+5543 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543](https://unicodekit.com/char/5543)
- 唼 [U+553C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553C](https://unicodekit.com/char/553C)
- 啄 [U+5544 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5544](https://unicodekit.com/char/5544)
- 唻 [U+553B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553B](https://unicodekit.com/char/553B)
- 啅 [U+5545 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5545](https://unicodekit.com/char/5545)
- 唺 [U+553A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553A](https://unicodekit.com/char/553A)
- 商 [U+5546 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5546](https://unicodekit.com/char/5546)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5540 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5540