U+5879 "塹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
塹
U+5879 "塹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes a "moat" or "ditch," often used in the context of a defensive trench or a natural ravine, and by extension conveys the idea of a barrier or obstruction. In classical and modern usage, it appears in compound words like "塹壕" (moat or trench), referencing fortifications, and can also metaphorically suggest an insurmountable divide or a pitfall. The character is composed of the radical 土 (earth) on the left, indicating its connection to terrain or ground, and the phonetic component 斬 on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5879 |
| 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 | 塹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 塹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA1 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5879 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005879 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5879 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9D5 |
| kCCCII | 21385B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-683D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-683D |
| kCangjie | JLG |
| kCantonese | cim3 |
| kCihaiT | 328.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0475.090 |
| kDefinition | moat, trench, pit, cavity |
| kEACC | 21385B |
| kFanqie | 七豔 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5210.4 |
| kGB1 | 3921 |
| kGSR | 0611g |
| kHangul | 참:0N |
| kHanYu | 10478.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10478.080:qiàn,jiàn |
| kHKGlyph | 0799 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0475.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10478.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0237.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4735 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9D5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-544F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECD3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7352 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-683D |
| kJapanese | ザン セン ほり |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | HORI |
| kJapaneseOn | ZAN SEN |
| kJis0 | 5247 |
| kKangXi | 0237.030 |
| kKorean | CHAM |
| kMandarin | qiàn |
| kMatthews | 926 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3356a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009246 |
| kMorohashi | 05394 |
| kNelson | 1134 |
| kPhonetic | 21 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4512+32.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.11 |
| kSBGY | 443.58 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+58CD<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "堑" U+5811 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 138.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qiàn粵cim3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1058 |
| kTang | tsiɛ̀m |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 276:050 |