# 字 U+5B57 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B57

A Chinese character meaning “letter, character, word”, read zì in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `字` |
| Codepoint | U+5B57 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B57 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#23383;` `&#x5B57;` |
| CSS | `\5B57` |
| JavaScript | `\u5B57` |
| UTF-8 | E5 AD 97 |
| UTF-16 | 5B57 |
| Definition | letter, character, word |
| Mandarin | zì |
| Cantonese | zi6 |
| Japanese | JI AZA UMU MASU |
| Korean | CA |

## Related characters

- 孖 [U+5B56 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B56](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B56)
- 存 [U+5B58 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B58](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B58)
- 孕 [U+5B55 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B55](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B55)
- 孙 [U+5B59 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B59](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B59)
- 孔 [U+5B54 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B54](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B54)
- 孚 [U+5B5A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5A](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B5A)
- 孓 [U+5B53 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B53](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B53)
- 孛 [U+5B5B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5B](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B5B)
- 孒 [U+5B52 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B52](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B52)
- 孜 [U+5B5C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5C](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B5C)
- 孑 [U+5B51 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B51](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B51)
- 孝 [U+5B5D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5D](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B5D)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5B57 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5B57
