U+536E "卮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
卮
U+536E "卮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents an ancient type of drinking vessel, typically made of pottery or metal, with a round body and a handle, used during the Zhou dynasty and later periods. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, and its traditional meaning and usage are rooted in classical texts, where it often appears in references to ritual banquets or symbolic offerings. In modern contexts, it is rarely used in everyday writing but remains an important element in the study of historical Chinese culture, calligraphy, and philology, preserving a tangible link to ancient material life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+536E |
| 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 | 卮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 卮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x536E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000536E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u536e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A567 |
| kCCCII | 21346B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4629 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4629 |
| kCangjie | HMSU |
| kCantonese | zi1 |
| kCihaiT | 225.201 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0363.140 |
| kDefinition | measuring cup; wine container |
| kEACC | 21346B |
| kFanqie | 章移 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7221.2 7221.7 |
| kGB0 | 5620 |
| kGB1 | 5620 |
| kGSR | 1238d |
| kHangul | 치:1N |
| kHanYu | 10311.040 |
| kHKGlyph | 0444 |
| kIICore | AGTH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0363.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10311.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0159.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5834 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A567 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5248 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-38BE |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-706A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4629 |
| kJapanese | シ キ さかずき |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3547 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAKAZUKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 5040 |
| kKangXi | 0159.040 |
| kKorean | CHI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0612 |
| kMandarin | zhī |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007884 |
| kMorohashi | 02846 |
| kPhonetic | 131 208 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4317+26.2.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 26.3 |
| kSBGY | 040.41 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 77.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhī粵zi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0612 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 475.030:zhī |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 324:353 |
| kXHC1983 | 1482.040:zhī |