Unicode Character "外" (U+5916)

The character 外 (CJK Unified Ideograph-5916) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+5916. It is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as 外.

Main Unicode Properties

Name CJK Unified Ideograph-5916
Unicode Codepoint U+5916
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Han
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+5916 Conversion

HTML (decimal) 外
HTML (hex) 外
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E5%A4%96
CSS \005916
JavaScript, JSON \u5916
C, C++, Java \u5916
Python \u5916
Rust \u{5916}
Ruby \u5916

How to type "外"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 5 9 1 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 5 9 1 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • 外
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • 外
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • 外
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE5 0xA4 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x5916
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00005916

References