U+59DC "姜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姜
U+59DC "姜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the meaning of ginger, the spice derived from the plant Zingiber officinale, and it is also a common Chinese surname. In its historical and linguistic context, this character is composed of the radical for "grass" or "plant" on top and a phonetic component below, reflecting its agricultural and culinary associations. The character is used in modern Mandarin Chinese and other East Asian languages, often appearing in traditional texts related to herbal medicine and cooking, and it carries cultural significance as a symbol of warmth and health in various East Asian traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59DC |
| 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 | 姜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59dc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABB8 |
| kCCCII | 213968 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-505A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-505A |
| kCangjie | TGV |
| kCantonese | goeng1 |
| kCihaiT | 383.501 |
| kCowles | 1644 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0525.210 |
| kDefinition | surname; ginger |
| kEACC | 275624 |
| kFanqie | 居良 |
| kFenn | 151H |
| kFennIndex | 45.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8040.4 |
| kGB0 | 2910 |
| kGB1 | 2910 |
| kGSR | 0711a |
| kHangul | 강:0N |
| kHanYu | 21047.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiāng(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21047.110:jiāng |
| kHKGlyph | 0901 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0525.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21047.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0259.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3D2A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABB8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-552A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CEAA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4B29 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-505A |
| kJapanese | キョウ コウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1643 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUYOI |
| kJapaneseOn | KYOU |
| kJis0 | 5310 |
| kKangXi | 0259.200 |
| kKarlgren | 352 |
| kKorean | KANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1203 |
| kMandarin | jiāng |
| kMatthews | 637 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1130c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009653 |
| kMorohashi | 06205 |
| kNelson | 3657 |
| kPhonetic | 607 609 1530 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4569+38.3.6 C+4569+123.6.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 174.11 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "姜" U+59DC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 155.12 538.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiāng粵goeng1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1203 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 166.160,166.170:jiāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "姜" U+59DC CJK Unified Ideograph-# "薑" U+8591 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 262:275 |
| kXHC1983 | 0560.050:jiāng |