U+520B "刋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

刋

U+520B "刋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 18, which represents a knife or cutting tool, and it typically functions as a variant form of the more common character "刊" (U+520A), meaning to cut, carve, or publish. Historically, "刋" has been used in classical texts and certain regional scripts, though in modern standard Chinese, it is largely considered an archaic or alternative glyph for "刊," appearing primarily in specialized contexts such as ancient literature or traditional calligraphy. Its Unicode inclusion ensures that digital systems can accurately represent and preserve this variant shape for linguistic and historical research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+520B
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	刋
HTML Hex Encoding	刋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x88 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x520B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000520B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u520b

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

kCCCII	216B22
kCNS1986	E-217D
kCNS1992	3-217D
kCangjie	HKLN
kCantonese	cin3
kCowles	1160
kDaeJaweon	0307.130
kDefinition	publication, periodical; publish
kEACC	4B3355
kFenn	32C
kFennIndex	240.02
kFourCornerCode	2240.0
kHanYu	10324.040
kHanyuPinyin	10324.040:qiàn
kIRGDaeJaweon	0307.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10324.040
kIRGKangXi	0136.170
kIRG_GSource	GE-322A
kIRG_HSource	H-FAB0
kIRG_JSource	J0-5164
kIRG_KSource	K2-2458
kIRG_TSource	T3-217D
kJapanese	センカンきる
kJapaneseKun	KIRU
kJapaneseOn	SEN
kJis0	4968
kKangXi	0136.170
kKarlgren	296
kKorean	CHEN
kMandarin	qiàn
kMatthews	3242
kMeyerWempe	780
kMojiJoho	MJ007464 MJ007464:E0101 MJ007465:E0102
kMorohashi	01866 01866:E0101
kPhonetic	653
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4251+18.2.3
kRSUnicode	18.3
kSemanticVariant	U+520A<kMatthews
kTaiwanTelegraph	0436
kTotalStrokes	5
kUnihanCore2020	HJ