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[[&#X5B50;]] ([[X5B50]]) is Unicode character number 23376.

[[&#X5B50;]] ([[X5B50]]) is interpreted as [[Kanji compound]] (Although it has only one compponent) or [[Kanji lliberal]], 
in order to distinguish it from similar character [[X2F26]] ([[&#X2F26;]]) that is interpreted as
[[Kanji radical]].<ref>Some software use different fonts for [[&#X2F26;]] ([[X2F26]]) and [[&#X5B50;]] ([[X5B50]]) to make them distinguishable by a Human.</ref>

<div style="float:right; margin:-2px -14px 0px 6px;">
[[File:X5B50.png|320px]]<br>
<center>
Drawing of [[&#X2F26;]],[[X2F26]] and/or [[&#X5B50;]],[[X5B50]] <ref>
https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20%E5%AD%90
子
3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子 
Parts:
子 
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね 
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ 
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Words starting with 子
Words ending with 子
Words containing 子
External links
Stroke order
..
</ref>
</center>
</div>
==Encoding==
In [[Utf8]], character [[&#X5B50;]] ([[X5B50]]) 
is encoded with 3 bytes. These bytes are:<br>
xE2 xBC xA6 in the hexadecimal representation and<br>
226 188 166 in the decimal representation.

Encoding of [[X5B50]] and that of the similar character [[X2F26]] can be revealed with the [[PHP]] program below:
<div style="margin:0px -14px 0px -60px; background-color:ffFFff;">
<small>
<pre>
<?php 
function unichr($dec) {
  if ($dec < 128) {
    $utf = chr($dec);
  } else if ($dec < 2048) {
    $utf = chr(192 + (($dec - ($dec % 64)) / 64));
    $utf .= chr(128 + ($dec % 64));
  } else {
    $utf = chr(224 + (($dec - ($dec % 4096)) / 4096));
    $utf .= chr(128 + ((($dec % 4096) - ($dec % 64)) / 64));
    $utf .= chr(128 + ($dec % 64));
  }
  return $utf;
} 

function mb_str_split($str) {
   // split multibyte string in characters
   // at all positions except the start: ^
   // and the end: $
   $pattern = '/(?<!^)(?!$)/u';
   return preg_split($pattern,$str);
}

function uniord($a) 
{
  $M=strlen($a);
  $p=ord($a[0]);                    if($M==1) return $p;
  $p-=194;  $p*=64; $p+=ord($a[1]); if($M==2) return $p;
  $p-=2050; $p*=64; $p+=ord($a[2]);           return $p;
}

//$a=unichr(0x2f25);
//$a.=unichr(0x5973);
//$a.=unichr(0xF981);

$a="⼦子";
echo "$a\n";
$N=strlen($a);
echo "The array has $N bytes; here is its splitting:\n";

for($n=0;$n<$N;$n++)
{
printf("%02x ",ord($a[$n]) );
}
echo "\n";

$b = mb_str_split($a);

var_dump($b);
$M=count($b);

#mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");

for($m=0;$m<$M;$m++)
{
printf("\n");
$c=$b[$m];
$u=uniord($c);
printf("Unicode character number %05d id est, [[X%04X]]\n",$u,$u);
$d=strlen($c);
echo "Picture: [[$c]] ; uses $d bytes. These bytes are:\n";
for($n=0;$n<$d;$n++) printf("x%2X ",ord($c[$n]));
printf("in the hexadecimal representation and\n");
for($n=0;$n<$d;$n++) printf("%3d ",ord($c[$n]));
printf("in the decimal representation\n");
}
?>
</pre>
</small></div>
This program uses the portable [[PHP]] functions
[[unichr.t]],
[[mb_str_split.t]],
[[uniord.t]].

The ouptput is
<pre>
⼦子
The array has 6 bytes; here is its splitting:
e2 bc a6 e5 ad 90 
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "⼦"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "子"
}

Unicode character number 12070 id est, [[X2F26]]
Picture: [[⼦]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE2 xBC xA6 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 188 166 in the decimal representation

Unicode character number 23376 id est, [[X5B50]]
Picture: [[子]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE5 xAD x90 in the hexadecimal representation and
229 173 144 in the decimal representation
</pre>

==Semantic==
<div style="float:left;margin:-120px 8px 0px -176px; background-color:#ffFFff;"><!--
[[File:BabyGirlRed02.jpg|150px]] !-->
[[File:VietnameseGirl1301846424fragme.jpg]]<br>
[[&#X2F26;]], [[X2F26]] or [[&#X5B50;]], [[X5B50]]
</div>
In [[Chinese]] and [[Japanese]] languages, 
character [[X5B50]] ([[子]], [[&#X5B50;]], & # X 5 B 5 0;)
has sense "child", "baby", Human of age under 17 years (See figure at left).

Character  [[&#X2F26;]] ([[X2F26]]) has similar meaning.

==Phonetic==
In Japanese language, character [[X5B50]] ([[子]], [[&#X5B50;]] , & # X 5 B 5 0;)
is pronounced as "ko", こ.

This sound has also other meanings.
It may indicate a lake, natural or artificial water reservoir.

==Confusion==
Characters
[[&#X2F26;]] ([[X2F26]]),
[[&#X5B50;]] [[X5B50]] look similar. This may cause confusions. There are alerts about this congusion
<ref>
http://www.unicode.org/Public/security/revision-03/confusablesSummary.txt
# Summary: Recommended confusable mapping for IDN
# File: confusablesSummary.txt
# Version: 2.1-draft
# Generated: 2010-04-13, 01:33:25 GMT
# Checkin: $Revision: 1.29 $
# For documentation and usage, see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr39/
..
子	⼦ //
(‎ ⼦ ‎)	2F26	 KANGXI RADICAL CHILD .. //
(‎ 子 ‎)	5B50	 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B50
..
</ref><ref>
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F26
⼦ 
2F26
KANGXI RADICAL CHILD
Han Script
id: allowed
confuse:  [[子]] ..
</ref><ref>
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=5B50
子 
5B50
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B50
Han Script
id: restricted
confuse:  [[⼦]] ..
</ref>.

Usually, a Human, even the native Japanese speaker, 
looking at [[&#X2F26;]] [[&#X5B50;]],
cannot guess, which of them is [[X2F26]] and which is [[X5B50]].
For citing, the alphanumerical names [[X2F26]] and [[X5B50]] seem to be better, than  [[&#X2F26;]] and [[&#X5B50;]].
For this reason, the four similar articles 
[[X2F26]], [[X5B50]], [[&#X2F26;]], [[&#X5B50;]] are loaded.

==References==
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<references/>
</div>

==Keywords==
[[Baby]],
[[Child]],
[[Chinese]],
[[Japanese]],
[[Kanji]],
[[PHP]],
[[SomeU]],
[[Utf8table]],
[[UtfH]],
[[X2f26]],
[[X5B50]],


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[[Category:X2f26]]
[[Category:X5B50]]