U+5209 "刉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5209 "刉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that traditionally represents the concept of cutting or slicing, often specifically referring to the act of splitting or severing with a knife or blade, as its radical 刂 (knife radical) suggests. Found primarily in classical or historical Chinese texts, it is not commonly used in modern Mandarin or other contemporary East Asian languages, and its usage is largely confined to specialized linguistic or scholarly contexts where ancient writings or dictionary entries are studied.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5209
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	刉
HTML Hex Encoding	刉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x88 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5209
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005209
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5209

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

kBigFive	C9BE
kCCCII	216B23
kCNS1986	2-214C
kCNS1992	2-214C
kCangjie	ONLN
kCantonese	gei1
kCihaiT	177.402
kDaeJaweon	0307.100
kFourCornerCode	8270.0
kGB3	1881
kGSR	0517p
kHanYu	10324.050
kIRGDaeJaweon	0307.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10324.050
kIRGKangXi	0136.140
kIRG_GSource	G3-3271
kIRG_HSource	HB2-C9BE
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-007462
kIRG_KSource	K2-2457
kIRG_TSource	T2-214C
kJapanese	キ ギ ケ カイ
kJapaneseKun	TATSU
kJapaneseOn	KI KE
kKangXi	0136.140
kMandarin	jī
kMojiJoho	MJ007462
kMorohashi	01863
kPhonetic	440
kRSUnicode	18.3
kTotalStrokes	5
kUnihanCore2020	HMT