# 啃 U+5543 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543

A Chinese character meaning “gnaw, chew, bite”, read kěn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `啃` |
| Codepoint | U+5543 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `啃` `啃` |
| CSS | `\5543` |
| JavaScript | `\u5543` |
| UTF-8 | E5 95 83 |
| UTF-16 | 5543 |
| Definition | gnaw, chew, bite |
| Mandarin | kěn |
| Cantonese | hang2 |
| Japanese | SHUU |
| Korean | SAP |

## Related characters

- 啂 [U+5542 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5542](https://unicodekit.com/char/5542)
- 啄 [U+5544 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5544](https://unicodekit.com/char/5544)
- 啁 [U+5541 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5541](https://unicodekit.com/char/5541)
- 啅 [U+5545 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5545](https://unicodekit.com/char/5545)
- 啀 [U+5540 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5540](https://unicodekit.com/char/5540)
- 商 [U+5546 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5546](https://unicodekit.com/char/5546)
- 唿 [U+553F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553F](https://unicodekit.com/char/553F)
- 啇 [U+5547 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5547](https://unicodekit.com/char/5547)
- 唾 [U+553E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553E](https://unicodekit.com/char/553E)
- 啈 [U+5548 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5548](https://unicodekit.com/char/5548)
- 唽 [U+553D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-553D](https://unicodekit.com/char/553D)
- 啉 [U+5549 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5549](https://unicodekit.com/char/5549)

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