U+524F "剏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+524F "剏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and ancient Chinese character that combines elements of a knife or blade with a creative or foundational action, often interpreted as meaning "to create" or "to establish" in classical contexts. It features the radical 刂 (knife) on the right side and a variant of the top component related to beginning or opening, suggesting the act of cutting or forging something new. This character is not commonly used in modern Mandarin, appearing instead in historical texts or specialized calligraphy where its archaic form conveys a sense of original craftsmanship or initiation.

General Properties

Code Point U+524F
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 剏
HTML Hex Encoding 剏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x89 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x524F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000524F
C/C++/Java Escape \u524f

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 336B33
kCNS1986 E-2B43
kCNS1992 3-2B43
kCangjie XTTSH
kCantonese cong3
kCihaiT 185.503
kDaeJaweon 0320.030
kDefinition establish, create; knife cut
kEACC 336B33
kFanqie 初亮
kFourCornerCode 8745.0
kHanYu 10338.140
kIRGDaeJaweon 0320.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10338.140
kIRGKangXi 0140.291
kIRG_GSource GE-3239
kIRG_HSource H-87BC
kIRG_JSource J0-516C
kIRG_KPSource KP1-37DC
kIRG_KSource K2-246B
kIRG_TSource T3-2B43
kJapanese ソウ はじめる
kJapaneseKun HAJIMERU
kJapaneseOn SOU SHOU
kJis0 4976
kKangXi 0140.291
kKorean CHANG
kMandarin chuàng
kMojiJoho MJ007534 MJ007534:E0101 MJ007535:E0102
kMorohashi 02024:E0102
kPhonetic 103 1055
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4259+18.2.7
kRSUnicode 18.7
kSMSZD2003Index 61.05
kTaiwanTelegraph 8123
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 HJ
kXHC1983 0167.082:chuàng