public class GetFirstLetter { private static final int GB_SP_DIFF = 160; private static final int[] secPosvalueList = { 1601, 1637, 1833, 2078, 2274, 2302, 2433, 2594, 2787, 3106, 3212, 3472, 3635, 3722, 3730, 3858, 4027, 4086, 4390, 4558, 4684, 4925, 5249, 5600}; private static final char[] firstLetter = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}; public static String getFirstLetter(String oriStr) { String str = oriStr.toLowerCase(); StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); char ch; char[] temp; for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { ch = str.charAt(i); temp = new char[] { ch}; byte[] uniCode = new String(temp).getBytes(); if (uniCode[0] < 128 && uniCode[0] > 0) { buffer.append(temp); } else { buffer.append(convert(uniCode)); } } return buffer.toString().substring(0,1); } private static char convert(byte[] bytes) { char result = '-'; int secPosvalue = 0; int i; for (i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) { bytes[i] -= GB_SP_DIFF; } secPosvalue = bytes[0] * 100 + bytes[1]; for (i = 0; i < 23; i++) { if (secPosvalue >= secPosvalueList[i] && secPosvalue < secPosvalueList[i + 1]) { result = firstLetter[i]; break; } } return result; } public static void main(String s[]){ System.out.print(getFirstLetter("好")); }