U+51B6 "冶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
冶
U+51B6 "冶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "smelt" or "cast" in the context of metalworking. It is composed of the radical 冫 (ice) on the left, suggesting a cooling process, and the phonetic component 台 on the right. Historically, this character refers to the smelting and refining of ores into metal, and it appears in terms like 冶金 (yějīn), meaning metallurgy. In classical texts, it also extends to the idea of tempering or forging, both literally for metal and metaphorically for shaping character or society, reflecting its deep roots in Chinese technical and cultural history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+51B6 |
| 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 | 冶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 冶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x86 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x51B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000051B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u51b6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A74D |
| kCCCII | 21333D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-492F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-492F |
| kCangjie | IMIR |
| kCantonese | je5 |
| kCihaiT | 168.404 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0295.020 |
| kDefinition | smelt, fuse metals; cast, found |
| kEACC | 21333D |
| kFanqie | 羊者 |
| kFenn | 718G |
| kFennIndex | 620.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3316.0 |
| kGB0 | 5017 |
| kGB1 | 5017 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0976p' |
| kHangul | 야:0N |
| kHanYu | 10296.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yě(61) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10296.070:yě |
| kHKGlyph | 0306 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0295.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10296.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0131.310 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5231 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A74D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C6A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6527 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-492F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C60 |
| kJapanese | ヤ いる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:843 |
| kJapaneseKun | IRU |
| kJapaneseOn | YA |
| kJis0 | 4474 |
| kKangXi | 0131.310 |
| kKarlgren | 184 |
| kKorean | YA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0396 |
| kMandarin | yě |
| kMatthews | 7313 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3868a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007373 |
| kMorohashi | 01621 |
| kNelson | 0640 |
| kPhonetic | 1373 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3830+15.2.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 15.5 |
| kSBGY | 307.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 52.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yě粵je5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0396 |
| kTang | iǎ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 429.120:yě |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | dã |
| kXerox | 256:374 |
| kXHC1983 | 1345.130:yě |