U+7B9D "箝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
箝
U+7B9D "箝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that is primarily used as a verb meaning to clamp, pinch, grip tightly, or restrain, often in the context of a tool like tongs or pincers, and it can also imply forcing or compelling someone into silence or a particular action. In traditional Chinese and Japanese Kanji usage, it appears in compound words related to clamping devices or figurative notions of suppression and control. The character combines the bamboo radical ⺮, indicating its original association with bamboo tools, with a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation, and it is classified under the Kangxi radical 118 meaning "bamboo."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7B9D |
| 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 | 箝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 箝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xAE 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7B9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007B9D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7b9d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BAE3 |
| kCCCII | 21502A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6A2C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6A2C |
| kCangjie | HQTM |
| kCantonese | kim4 |
| kCihaiT | 1016.301 |
| kCowles | 1972 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1316.060 |
| kDefinition | tweezers, pliers, tongs, pincers |
| kEACC | 21502A |
| kFanqie | 巨淹 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8857.5 |
| kGB0 | 8373 |
| kGB1 | 8373 |
| kGSR | 0606l |
| kHangul | 겸:0N |
| kHanYu | 52978.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 52978.050:qián |
| kHKGlyph | 2994 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1316.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 52978.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0888.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7369 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BAE3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-642F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFA8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4C44 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6A2C |
| kJapanese | カン ケン ゲン くびかせ はさむ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | HASAMU KUBIKASE |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN KEN |
| kJis0 | 6815 |
| kKangXi | 0888.100 |
| kKarlgren | 380 |
| kKorean | KYEM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4617 |
| kMandarin | qián |
| kMatthews | 898 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1147 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ019538 |
| kMorohashi | 26152 |
| kNelson | 3413 |
| kPhonetic | 616 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5984+118.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 118.8 |
| kSBGY | 227.52 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 503.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qián粵kim4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4617 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 271:137 |
| kXHC1983 | 0914.031:qián |