U+53C9 "叉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

叉

U+53C9 "叉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a pictographic character originating from Chinese script, where it visually depicts a fork or a crossing of lines, and its core meanings include “fork,” “cross,” “to pierce,” or “to intersect.” In modern usage, it appears in terms like “叉子” (chāzi) meaning fork, “交叉” (jiāochā) meaning intersect or cross, and “叉烧” (chāshāo) referring to barbecued pork, while in computational contexts it can represent a generic cross shape or an X mark. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, making it shareable across these languages with occasional variations in stroke order or pronunciation, such as Japanese “sa” or “mata.” Its structural simplicity and semantic versatility allow it to function both as a standalone word and as a component in more complex characters, demonstrating its fundamental role in the logographic writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+53C9
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	叉
HTML Hex Encoding	叉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8F 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x53C9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000053C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u53c9

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	A465
kCCCII	213521
kCNS1986	1-4446
kCNS1992	1-4446
kCangjie	EI
kCantonese	caa1
kCihaiT	233.404
kCowles	401
kDaeJaweon	0374.150
kDefinition	crotch; fork, prong
kEACC	213521
kFanqie	楚佳初加
kFenn	538A
kFennIndex	8.02
kFourCornerCode	1740.0
kGB0	1870
kGB1	1870
kHangul	차:0N
kHanYu	10390.020
kHanyuPinyin	10390.020:chā,chá,chǎ,chà
kHKGlyph	0463
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0374.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10390.020
kIRGKangXi	0165.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-3266
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A465
kIRG_JSource	J0-3A35
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-ECAA
kIRG_KSource	K0-7329
kIRG_TSource	T1-4446
kIRG_VSource	V2-8A61
kJapanese	サシャまた
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:71
kJapaneseKun	MATA
kJapaneseOn	SHA SAI SA
kJis0	2621
kKangXi	0165.010
kKorean	CHA
kLau	162 163
kMainlandTelegraph	0643
kMandarin	chā
kMatthews	96
kMeyerWempe	54
kMojiJoho	MJ007988 MJ007987:E0102 MJ007988:E0103
kMorohashi	03116 03116:E0103
kNelson	0856
kPhonetic	11
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2085+29.2.1 V+20281+29.2.1
kRSUnicode	29.1
kSBGY	093.41 167.40
kSMSZD2003Index	83.01 6.15
kSMSZD2003Readings	chā粵caa1 chá粵caa1 chǎ粵caa5
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+91F5<kMeyerWempe
kTaiwanTelegraph	0643
kTGHZ2013	033.150:chā 034.090:chá 035.060:chǎ 035.100:chà
kTotalStrokes	3
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	261:076
kXHC1983	0112.020:chā 0114.100:chá 0114.130:chǎ 0115.060:chà