U+51A9 "冩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+51A9 "冩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to write" or "to compose," and it also carries connotations of "to depict" or "to express" in a written form. This character is a variant of the more common modern simplified Chinese character "写" (xiě), and it appears in classical texts, calligraphy, and historical documents, particularly in contexts like poetry or formal inscriptions where older or more complex script forms are used. Structurally, "冩" combines the radical "冖" (covering) with elements representing a bird or a writing instrument, reflecting its etymological roots in the act of transcribing or sketching. While not widely used in everyday simplified Chinese writing today, it remains significant for scholars and enthusiasts of traditional East Asian calligraphy and literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+51A9
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 冩
HTML Hex Encoding 冩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x86 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x51A9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000051A9
C/C++/Java Escape \u51a9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCangjie BHXF
kCantonese se2
kDaeJaweon 0294.030
kDefinition write; draw, sketch; compose
kEACC 4B3B37
kFennIndex 175.02
kFourCornerCode 3732.7
kHanYu 10306.031
kIRGDaeJaweon 0294.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10306.031
kIRGKangXi 0131.071
kIRG_GSource GE-3171
kIRG_JSource J0-5150
kIRG_KSource K2-2437
kIRG_TSource TF-465C
kJapanese シャ ソ うつす
kJapaneseKun UTSUSU KAKIUTSUSU
kJapaneseOn SHA
kJis0 4948
kKangXi 0131.071
kKorean SA
kLau 2705
kMandarin xiě
kMatthews 2627
kMojiJoho MJ007354
kMorohashi H043
kPhonetic 1195
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4231+14.2.12
kRSUnicode 14.12
kSemanticVariant U+5BEB<kLau,kMatthews
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 J