U+589A "墚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
墚
U+589A "墚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of raised path or ridge, often used in the context of agricultural fields or an embankment between plots of land. In modern usage, it is also found in the name of the Chinese loess region, such as in "墚" referring to a long, narrow hill or ridge on the Loess Plateau, formed by erosion. This character combines the radical for earth or soil with a phonetic component that suggests a sound or meaning related to a beam or bridge, reflecting its concrete and topographical nature. While not extremely common in everyday writing, it appears in geographical and rural descriptions, particularly in northern China.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+589A |
| 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 | 墚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 墚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA2 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x589A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000589A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u589a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 217755 |
| kCangjie | GEID |
| kCantonese | loeng4 |
| kDefinition | mountain range |
| kEACC | 217755 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4319 |
| kGB0 | 6014 |
| kGB1 | 6014 |
| kHanYu | 10483.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10483.020:liáng |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10483.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0238.191 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C2E |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9EBD |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-4259 |
| kTGH | 2013:7636 |
| kKangXi | 0238.191 |
| kMandarin | liáng |
| kRSUnicode | 32.11 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 221.070:liáng |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXerox | 317:334 |
| kXHC1983 | 0706.030:liáng |