U+5257 "剗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
剗
U+5257 "剗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically carries the meaning of to pare, trim, or level, often used in contexts involving cutting or smoothing surfaces, such as trimming grass or peeling away layers. In traditional texts, it appears in classical literature and compound words, sometimes representing the act of cutting or eliminating with a blade. While not among the most common characters in modern simplified Chinese, it retains usage in specialized or archival contexts, and its radical classification falls under the knife or sword radical, reflecting its association with actions of removal or division.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5257 |
| 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 | 剗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 剗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x89 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5257 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005257 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5257 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 216B4A |
| kCNS1986 | E-2F65 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2F65 |
| kCangjie | IILN |
| kCantonese | caan2 |
| kCihaiT | 186.101 |
| kCowles | 432 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0320.120 |
| kDefinition | to level off; to trim; to pare down |
| kEACC | 335E2F |
| kFanqie | 初限 |
| kGB3 | 1885 |
| kGSR | 0155i |
| kHangul | 잔:1N |
| kHanYu | 10343.190 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10343.190:chǎn,chàn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0320.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10343.190 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0141.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3275 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FAB4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-2E5F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-37EA |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6B33 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2F65 |
| kJapanese | サン セン けずる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,14,63 |
| kJapaneseKun | KEZURU TAIRANISURU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAN SEN |
| kJis1 | 1933 |
| kKangXi | 0141.050 |
| kKorean | CAN |
| kLau | 183 |
| kMandarin | chǎn |
| kMatthews | 164 |
| kMeyerWempe | 92 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007541 |
| kMorohashi | 02036 |
| kPhonetic | 185 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+16796+18.2.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.8 |
| kSBGY | 287.37 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5277<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "刬" U+522C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 61.13 236.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chàn粵caan2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0473 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |
| kXerox | 274:160 |
| kXHC1983 | 0119.071:chǎn 0120.021:chàn |