U+5263 "剣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
剣
U+5263 "剣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a sinograph character that is a variant of the more common character 劍 (or 剑 in simplified Chinese), representing a sword or blade, and is predominantly used in Japanese writing where it is pronounced "ken" or "tsurugi" and is a component of words related to swordsmanship, such as 剣道 (kendo, the "way of the sword"). This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, enabling consistent digital representation across East Asian text systems. Its structure combines the radical 刀 (knife or sword) with the phonetic element 佥, though in this variant the left-hand radical appears as 金 (gold or metal) to emphasize the metallic nature of a blade.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5263 |
| 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 | 剣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 剣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x89 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5263 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005263 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5263 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-2F66 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2F66 |
| kCangjie | XOOLN |
| kCantonese | gim3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0321.130 |
| kDefinition | sword, dagger, saber |
| kEACC | 4B3421 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8250.0 |
| kHanYu | 10345.040 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0321.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10345.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0141.411 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-323C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3775 |
| kIRG_MSource | MD-5263 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2F66 |
| kJapanese | ケン つるぎ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSURUGI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEN |
| kJis0 | 2385 |
| kKangXi | 0141.411 |
| kKorean | KEM |
| kMandarin | jiàn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007553 |
| kMorohashi | 02076 |
| kNelson | 0556 0696 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1867+18.2.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.8 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |