U+5214 "刔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5214 "刔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or historical Chinese character that is not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin, though it appears in classical texts and some East Asian character sets. Its meaning is traditionally associated with the action of splitting or cutting open, deriving from the radical "刀" or "刂" (knife) on the right side, which signifies a cutting tool or action, combined with a phonetic component on the left. In Japanese, it can also be read as a variant form related to the verb "kizamu" (to carve or mince). Due to its obscurity, this character is primarily of interest to philologists, calligraphers, or those studying classical Chinese literature rather than everyday writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5214
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	刔
HTML Hex Encoding	刔
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x88 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5214
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005214
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5214

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	216B25
kCNS1986	E-2324
kCNS1992	3-2324
kCangjie	DKLN
kCantonese	kyut3
kDaeJaweon	0309.090
kDefinition	scoop out; gouge
kEACC	2D4029
kFourCornerCode	5200.0
kHanYu	10327.150
kHanyuPinyin	10327.150:jué
kIRGDaeJaweon	0309.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10327.150
kIRGKangXi	0137.220
kIRG_GSource	GE-322B
kIRG_JSource	J0-5165
kIRG_KSource	K2-245D
kIRG_TSource	T3-2324
kJapanese	ケツ ケチ えぐる
kJapaneseKun	EGURU
kJapaneseOn	KETSU KECHI
kJis0	4969
kKangXi	0137.220
kKorean	KYEL
kMandarin	jué
kMojiJoho	MJ007475
kMorohashi	01897
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4252+18.2.4
kRSUnicode	18.4
kTotalStrokes	6
kUnihanCore2020	J