U+5231 "刱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
刱
U+5231 "刱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to start" or "to initiate" and is often associated with the concept of beginning or creating something new. Historically, it has been used in classical Chinese texts to denote the act of establishing or founding, sometimes carrying connotations of innovation or the pioneering of an endeavor. Its structure combines the "knife" radical (刂) with other components, reflecting its etymological roots in actions involving sharp tools or decisive actions. This character is relatively rare in modern usage but appears in literary or historical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5231 |
| 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 | 刱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 刱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5231 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005231 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5231 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | CBD4 |
| kCCCII | 216B33 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2554 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2554 |
| kCangjie | TTSHI |
| kCantonese | cong3 |
| kCihaiT | 181.601 |
| kCowles | 585 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0315.030 |
| kDefinition | establish, create; knife cut |
| kEACC | 2D6B33 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8745.0 |
| kGB5 | 2003 |
| kHangul | 창:1N |
| kHanYu | 10332.060 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0315.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10332.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0138.390 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-3423 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-CBD4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-333A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-37CE |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6E68 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2554 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ はじめる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | HAJIMERU KIZUTSUKU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SHOU |
| kJis1 | 1926 |
| kKangXi | 0138.390 |
| kKorean | CHANG |
| kMandarin | chuàng |
| kMeyerWempe | 341 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007505 |
| kMorohashi | 01953 |
| kPhonetic | 103 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19187+18.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.6 |
| kSBGY | 426.16 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5275<kHanYu:TZ,kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 60.03 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 322:143 |