U+523A "刺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+523A "刺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "thorn," "prickle," "to stab," or "to pierce," and it is composed of a radical meaning "knife" or "sword" beside a phonetic component, reflecting its association with sharp actions. It appears in various East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it can also carry extended meanings such as "to assassinate," "to irritate," or "a spur." In Chinese, it is frequently used in words like "刺殺" for assassination and "刺激" for stimulation or excitement, while in Japanese it is common in terms like "刺激" for stimulus. Visually, the character combines an upper element resembling a pointed object with a lower knife radical, symbolizing the act of piercing or causing a sting.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
刺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
刺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x88 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x523A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000523A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u523a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A8EB |
| kCCCII |
213363 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4C2E |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4C2E |
| kCangjie |
DBLN |
| kCantonese |
ci3 |
| kCihaiT |
182.302 |
| kCowles |
4744 4855 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0316.040 |
| kDefinition |
stab; prick, irritate; prod |
| kEACC |
213363 |
| kFanqie |
七賜 七迹 |
| kFenn |
500C |
| kFennIndex |
588.10 589.01 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5290.0 |
| kGB0 |
2044 |
| kGB1 |
2044 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0868d |
| kHangul |
자:0E 척:0N |
| kHanYu |
10333.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
cì(162) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10333.020:cì,qì,cī |
| kHKGlyph |
0343 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0316.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10333.020 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0139.130 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-344C |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A8EB |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3B49 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-E6AA |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6D29 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4C2E |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4D25 |
| kJapanese |
シ セキ さす ささる そしる とげ |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kTGH |
2013:1039 |
| kJapaneseKun |
SASU SOSHIRU TOGE |
| kJapaneseOn |
SHI SEKI |
| kJis0 |
2741 |
| kKangXi |
0139.130 |
| kKorean |
CA CHEK |
| kLau |
283 298 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0459 |
| kMandarin |
cì |
| kMatthews |
6985 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3349a 3547 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ007515 |
| kMorohashi |
01969 |
| kNelson |
0682 |
| kPhonetic |
161 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+2199+18.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode |
18.6 |
| kSBGY |
347.26 518.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
59.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
cì粵ci3 cì粵cik3,ci3 cī粵ci3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant |
U+83BF<kMeyerWempe |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0459 |
| kTang |
lɑt tsiɛk tsiɛ̀ |
| kTGHZ2013 |
054.170:cī 056.010:cì |
| kTotalStrokes |
8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
thích |
| kXerox |
246:301 |
| kXHC1983 |
0172.110:cī 0176.060:cì |