# 喼 U+55BC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BC

A Chinese character meaning “(Cant.) used phonetically in English loan-words (e.g., cap, keep)”, read jiē in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `喼` |
| Codepoint | U+55BC |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BC |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#21948;` `&#x55BC;` |
| CSS | `\55BC` |
| JavaScript | `\u55BC` |
| UTF-8 | E5 96 BC |
| UTF-16 | 55BC |
| Definition | (Cant.) used phonetically in English loan-words (e.g., cap, keep) |
| Mandarin | jiē |
| Cantonese | gip1 |

## Related characters

- 喻 [U+55BB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BB](https://unicodekit.com/char/55BB)
- 喽 [U+55BD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BD](https://unicodekit.com/char/55BD)
- 喺 [U+55BA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BA](https://unicodekit.com/char/55BA)
- 喾 [U+55BE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BE](https://unicodekit.com/char/55BE)
- 喹 [U+55B9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B9](https://unicodekit.com/char/55B9)
- 喿 [U+55BF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BF](https://unicodekit.com/char/55BF)
- 喸 [U+55B8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B8](https://unicodekit.com/char/55B8)
- 嗀 [U+55C0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C0](https://unicodekit.com/char/55C0)
- 喷 [U+55B7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B7](https://unicodekit.com/char/55B7)
- 嗁 [U+55C1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C1](https://unicodekit.com/char/55C1)
- 営 [U+55B6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B6](https://unicodekit.com/char/55B6)
- 嗂 [U+55C2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C2](https://unicodekit.com/char/55C2)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/55BC · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/55BC
