U+593E "夾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
夾
U+593E "夾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that means "to press from both sides," "to insert," or "to carry under the arm," and it is composed of a person figure flanked by two smaller elements, visually suggesting the concept of being squeezed or supported by two sides. It appears in various East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and has a simplified form known as "夹" in modern Chinese. Historically, it has been used in classical texts to denote actions like clamping or wedging, as well as metaphorical meanings such as being caught between two forces or holding an object close to the body.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+593E |
| 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 | 夾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 夾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA4 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x593E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000593E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u593e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A7A8 |
| kCCCII | 21392E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4968 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4968 |
| kCangjie | KOO |
| kCantonese | gaap3 |
| kCihaiT | 369.601 |
| kCowles | 1485 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0509.200 |
| kDefinition | be wedged or inserted between |
| kEACC | 21392E |
| kFanqie | 古洽 |
| kFenn | 455B |
| kFennIndex | 42.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4003.8 |
| kGB1 | 2848 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0630a |
| kHangul | 협:0N |
| kHanYu | 10529.180 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiā(95) jiá(23) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10529.180:jiā,jiá,xié,xiá,gā |
| kHKGlyph | 0845 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0509.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10529.180 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0250.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3C50 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A7A8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5473 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3D5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A71 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4968 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-514F |
| kJapanese | キョウ コウ はさむ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | HASAMU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU KYOU |
| kJis0 | 5283 |
| kKangXi | 0250.100 |
| kKarlgren | 345 |
| kKorean | HYEP |
| kLau | 815 |
| kMandarin | jiā |
| kMatthews | 611 |
| kMeyerWempe | 982 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009472 |
| kMorohashi | 05867 |
| kNelson | 0192 |
| kPhonetic | 550 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4548+37.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 37.4 |
| kSBGY | 543.23 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "夹" U+5939 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 148.09 26.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiā粵gaap3 jiá粵gaap3 gā粵gaap3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1140 |
| kTang | *gæp |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | giáp |
| kXerox | 251:300 |
| kXHC1983 | 0349.011:gā 0539.031:jiā 0541.131:jiá |