U+5C16 "尖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
尖
U+5C16 "尖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "sharp," "pointed," or "tip," and it visually combines the radical for "small" or "little" on top of the radical for "big" or "large," symbolizing something that tapers to a fine end. This ideograph is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese, appearing in words related to pointed objects, edges, or acute angles, as well as in abstract concepts like "sharp criticism" or "peak moment." Its semantic structure reflects the idea of a small point crowning a larger base, making it a pictographic representation of a tapering form across various cultural and linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C16 |
| 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 | 尖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 尖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB0 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c16 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A679 |
| kCCCII | 213B47 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-477A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-477A |
| kCangjie | FK |
| kCantonese | zim1 |
| kCihaiT | 443.501 |
| kCowles | 4550 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0591.040 |
| kDefinition | sharp, pointed, acute, keen |
| kEACC | 213B47 |
| kFanqie | 子廉 |
| kFenn | 121B |
| kFennIndex | 58.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9043.0 |
| kGB0 | 2866 |
| kGB1 | 2866 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 첨:0E |
| kHanYu | 10562.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiān(168) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10562.090:jiān |
| kHKGlyph | 1057 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0591.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10562.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0297.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3C62 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A679 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-406D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDC5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7453 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-477A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5327 |
| kJapanese | セン さき とがる するどい |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:415 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOGARU SURUDOI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEN |
| kJis0 | 3277 |
| kKangXi | 0297.020 |
| kKorean | CHEM |
| kLau | 1469 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1423 |
| kMandarin | jiān |
| kMatthews | 865 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3350 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010291 |
| kMorohashi | 07480 |
| kNelson | 1357 |
| kPhonetic | 180 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2705+37.3.3 C+2705+42.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 42.3 |
| kSBGY | 227.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 176.03 148.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiān粵zim1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1423 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 162.120:jiān |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tiêm |
| kXerox | 250:333 |
| kXHC1983 | 0548.030:jiān |