U+821D "舝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

舝

U+821D "舝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph used primarily in ancient or classical texts where it denotes an axle pin or linchpin, a critical component that secures a wheel onto an axle. This character is composed of radical elements associated with boats or vessels, reflecting its original context in traditional transportation terminology. While rarely used in modern standard Chinese, it appears in historical documents, classical literature, and specialized technical lexicons from earlier dynasties, emphasizing its niche but precise meaning within the broader CJK character set.

General Properties

Code Point	U+821D
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	舝
HTML Hex Encoding	舝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x88 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x821D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000821D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u821d

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	DFA3
kCCCII	227B27
kCNS1986	2-4648
kCNS1992	2-4648
kCangjie	DMVVQ
kCantonese	hat6
kCihaiT	1116.601
kDaeJaweon	1465.150
kDefinition	linch-pin
kEACC	227B27
kFanqie	胡瞎
kFourCornerCode	4050.3
kGB5	1625
kGSR	0282a
kHanYu	10058.050
kHanyuPinyin	10058.050:xiá
kIRGDaeJaweon	1465.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10058.050
kIRGKangXi	1008.150
kIRG_GSource	G5-3039
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DFA3
kIRG_JSource	J1-5674
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6C7E
kIRG_KSource	K2-564E
kIRG_TSource	T2-4648
kJapanese	カツゲチくさび
kJapaneseKun	KUSABI
kJapaneseOn	KATSU GECHI
kJis1	5484
kKangXi	1008.150
kMandarin	xiá
kMojiJoho	MJ021373 MJ021373:E0101 MJ021372:E0102
kMorohashi	30341:E0102
kPhonetic	442
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22289+47.3.11 C+22289+136.7.7
kRSUnicode	136.7
kSBGY	490.02
kSpoofingVariant	U+246C9
kTaiwanTelegraph	5295
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	306:054
kXHC1983	1238.102:xiá