U+67A1 "枡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
枡
U+67A1 "枡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in East Asian writing systems, primarily in Japanese and Chinese contexts. It is known as a "masu" in Japanese, referring to a traditional square wooden measuring cup or box used for rice, sake, or other grains and liquids. The character is composed of the wood radical on the left side, indicating its connection to wooden objects, alongside a phonetic component on the right. In modern usage, it appears in Japan as a standard unit for measuring sake and rice, and it is also found in place names and surnames, reflecting its cultural and historical significance in East Asian trade and daily life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+67A1 |
| 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 | 枡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 枡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9E 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x67A1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000067A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u67a1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 223B3F |
| kCangjie | DHT |
| kCantonese | sing1 |
| kDefinition | measuring box |
| kEACC | 223B3F |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.0 |
| kHanYu | 21170.121 |
| kIICore | CJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21170.121 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0517.011 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3C4D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5B46 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3A23 |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-274E |
| kJapanese | ます |
| kJapaneseKun | MASU |
| kJis0 | 5938 |
| kKangXi | 0517.011 |
| kMandarin | shēng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013710 |
| kMorohashi | 14577 |
| kNelson | 2207 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5161+75.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.4 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |