U+528B "劋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+528B "劋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character primarily used in classical texts, with its meaning and usage varying across historical sources. In its most common definition, it denotes the action of cutting, chopping, or slicing, often with a blade, and it can also imply extermination or destruction, reflecting its radical "刀" (knife or sword) on the left side. This character appears in ancient literature, such as the Han dynasty dictionary "Shuowen Jiezi," where it is linked to words for killing or severing, though it is seldom used in modern Chinese or Japanese writing, making it a subject of interest for scholars of historical linguistics and paleography.

General Properties

Code Point U+528B
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 劋
HTML Hex Encoding 劋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x8A 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x528B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000528B
C/C++/Java Escape \u528b

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 E4F2
kCCCII 216B77
kCNS1986 2-4F5A
kCNS1992 2-4F5A
kCangjie RDLN
kCantonese ziu2
kCihaiT 190.401
kDaeJaweon 0326.020
kFanqie 子了
kFourCornerCode 6290.0
kGB3 1918
kHanYu 10358.070
kHanyuPinyin 10358.070:jiǎo,chāo
kIRGDaeJaweon 0326.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10358.070
kIRGKangXi 0144.430
kIRG_GSource G3-3332
kIRG_HSource HB2-E4F2
kIRG_JSource JMJ-007604
kIRG_KPSource KP1-3817
kIRG_KSource K2-2521
kIRG_TSource T2-4F5A
kJapanese ショウ ソウ
kJapaneseKun TATSU KIRU TAYASU WAKAJINISURU
kJapaneseOn SHOU SOU
kKangXi 0144.430
kKorean CO
kMandarin jiǎo
kMojiJoho MJ007604
kMorohashi 02226
kRSUnicode 18.13
kSBGY 297.01
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT