U+5249 "剉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5249 "剉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means to cut, chop, or break into pieces, often with a knife or blade, and it also carries the secondary meaning of to be frustrated or to suffer a setback. This character is composed of a radical related to metal or cutting, suggesting its action-oriented nature, and it is occasionally used in classical Chinese texts, including historical records and poetry, where it conveys physical division or metaphorically describes the crushing of hopes or plans. While not among the most common modern Chinese characters, it remains a recognized part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) character set, reflecting its linguistic and cultural origins in East Asian written traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5249
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	剉
HTML Hex Encoding	剉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x89 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5249
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005249
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5249

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

kBigFive	CDF1
kCCCII	216B43
kCNS1986	2-2933
kCNS1992	2-2933
kCangjie	OGLN
kCantonese	co3
kCihaiT	183.601
kDaeJaweon	0317.100
kDefinition	cut, file, trim; file
kEACC	216B43
kFanqie	麤卧
kFenn	432G
kFennIndex	554.09
kFourCornerCode	8210.0
kGSR	0012e
kHangul	좌:1N
kHanYu	10342.090
kHanyuPinyin	10342.090:cuò
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	0317.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10342.090
kIRGKangXi	0140.040
kIRG_GSource	GE-3237
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CDF1
kIRG_JSource	J13-2E5E
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-37DA
kIRG_KSource	K1-6D46
kIRG_TSource	T2-2933
kJapanese	ザ サ くじく きる
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	1,14,62
kJapaneseKun	KUJIKU KADOOTORU
kJapaneseOn	SA
kJis1	1931
kKangXi	0140.040
kKorean	CWA
kLau	353
kMandarin	cuò
kMatthews	6794
kMeyerWempe	3429a
kMojiJoho	MJ007526
kMorohashi	01999
kPhonetic	236
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14358+18.2.7
kRSUnicode	18.7
kSBGY	420.38
kSMSZD2003Index	60.16
kSMSZD2003Readings	cuò粵co3
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+92BC
kTaiwanTelegraph	0464
kTotalStrokes	9
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	274:157
kXHC1983	0187.010:cuò