U+520A "刊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
刊
U+520A "刊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "to print," "to publish," or "to carve," and it is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This character belongs to the radical 刂 (knife) and originally conveyed the act of cutting or engraving blocks for early printing. In modern usage, "刊" appears in words like 刊物 (publication), 刊登 (to publish in a newspaper), and 周刊 (weekly magazine), reflecting its role in media and publishing. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is encoded in Unicode to support digital representation across various writing systems, ensuring consistent recognition in text processing and international communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+520A |
| 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 | 刊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 刊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x520A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000520A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u520a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A55A |
| kCCCII | 213355 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-457A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-457A |
| kCangjie | MJLN |
| kCantonese | hon1 |
| kCihaiT | 177.302 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0307.120 |
| kDefinition | publication, periodical; publish |
| kEACC | 213355 |
| kFanqie | 苦寒 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1240.0 |
| kGB0 | 3115 |
| kGB1 | 3115 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0139n |
| kHangul | 간:0E |
| kHanYu | 10323.140 |
| kHanyuPinlu | kān(50) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10323.140:kān |
| kHKGlyph | 0330 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0307.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10323.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0136.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3F2F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A55A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3429 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDCA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A4A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-457A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C74 |
| kJapanese | カン きざむ けずる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:191 |
| kJapaneseKun | KEZURU KIZAMU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN |
| kJis0 | 2009 |
| kKangXi | 0136.160 |
| kKarlgren | 296 |
| kKorean | KAN |
| kLau | 1219 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0436 |
| kMandarin | kān |
| kMatthews | 3242 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007463 |
| kMorohashi | 01865 |
| kNelson | 1493 |
| kPhonetic | 653 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1509+18.2.3 C+1509+51.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.3 |
| kSBGY | 123.29 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+520B<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 56.06 197.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kān粵hon2,hon1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 192.140:kān |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | san |
| kXerox | 252:136 |
| kXHC1983 | 0631.140:kān |