U+5CA9 "岩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

岩

U+5CA9 "岩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "rock" or "cliff," representing a pictographic combination of the radical for "mountain" (山) at the top and a component for "stone" (石) below, which together convey a sense of ruggedness and geological solidity. This character is widely used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it appears in words for natural terrain features, personal names, and place names like the famous "Yan'an" in China or "Iwa" in Japanese contexts. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, allowing for precise inclusion in text and documentation involving geology, geography, or cultural references. The shape and meaning of "岩" have remained stable over centuries, reflecting its deep roots in written tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5CA9
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	岩
HTML Hex Encoding	岩
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0xB2 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5CA9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005CA9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5ca9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	A9A5
kCCCII	213B6D
kCNS1986	1-4D27
kCNS1992	1-4D27
kCangjie	UMR
kCantonese	ngaam4
kCihaiT	456.404
kCowles	2995
kDaeJaweon	0609.130
kDefinition	cliff; rocks; mountain
kEACC	273C33
kFanqie	五銜
kFennIndex	624.02
kFourCornerCode	2260.1
kGB0	4950
kGB1	4950
kGradeLevel	5
kHangul	암:0N
kHanYu	10766.070
kHanyuPinlu	yán(70)
kHKGlyph	1095
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0609.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10766.070
kIRGKangXi	0309.190
kIRG_GSource	G0-5152
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A9A5
kIRG_JSource	J0-3464
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F7CD
kIRG_KSource	K0-645B
kIRG_TSource	T1-4D27
kIRG_VSource	V1-5341
kJapanese	ガンいわ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:1106
kJapaneseKun	IWA
kJapaneseOn	GAN
kJis0	2068
kKangXi	0309.190
kKorean	AM
kLau	2311
kMainlandTelegraph	1484
kMandarin	yán
kMatthews	7349
kMeyerWempe	2012
kMojiJoho	MJ010444
kMorohashi	07985
kNelson	1414
kPhonetic	955 1103 1566
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1568+46.3.5 C+1568+112.5.3
kRSUnicode	46.5
kSemanticVariant	U+5DD6<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	183.07 468.03
kTaiwanTelegraph	1484
kTang	*ngam
kTGHZ2013	422.060:yán
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	nham
kXerox	254:325
kXHC1983	1326.040:yán