U+821B "舛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
舛
U+821B "舛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally pronounced "chuǎn" and commonly associated with meanings of error, opposition, or discord. It is composed of two opposing "夂" radicals, suggesting a sense of mutual contradiction or going in different directions. In classical texts and modern usage, it appears in compounds such as "舛誤" (chuǎnwù) meaning mistake or "命途多舛" (mìngtú duō chuǎn) describing a life full of setbacks and misfortunes. The character also finds specialized use in historical phonology as part of the ancient rhyme group "舛部."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+821B |
| 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 | 舛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 舛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x88 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x821B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000821B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u821b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6DF |
| kCCCII | 21543B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4860 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4860 |
| kCangjie | NIQ |
| kCantonese | cyun2 |
| kCihaiT | 1116.501 |
| kCowles | 609 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1465.110 |
| kDefinition | oppose, deviate, be contrary to; Kangxi radical 136 |
| kEACC | 21543B |
| kFanqie | 昌兖 |
| kFenn | 273H |
| kFennIndex | 103.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2520.0 |
| kGB0 | 6622 |
| kGB1 | 6622 |
| kGSR | 0233a |
| kHangul | 천:0N |
| kHanYu | 20861.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20861.060:chuǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 3381 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1465.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20861.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1008.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6236 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6DF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4124 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDB1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-743F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4860 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F37 |
| kJapanese | セン シュン ます そむく |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3619 |
| kJapaneseKun | SOMUKU |
| kJapaneseOn | SEN SHUN |
| kJis0 | 3304 |
| kKangXi | 1008.090 |
| kKorean | CHEN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5292 |
| kMandarin | chuǎn |
| kMatthews | 1441 |
| kMeyerWempe | 379b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021365 MJ021365:E0102 MJ021367:E0103 MJ021366:E0106 MJ021368:E0107 |
| kMorohashi | 30338 30338:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 275 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2726+136.6.0 V+20199+136.7.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 136.0 |
| kSBGY | 294.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 567.14 145.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chuǎn粵cyun2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5292 |
| kTang | shuìn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 052.050:chuǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 315:363 |
| kXHC1983 | 0166.020:chuǎn |