U+8F9B "辛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
辛
U+8F9B "辛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji and hanzi character that primarily conveys the meaning of "spicy," "bitter," or "pungent," and is associated with the eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems in the traditional Chinese sexagenary cycle, where it represents the element of metal and the direction of west-northwest. In its historical usage, the character originally depicted a type of ancient knife or tool, often linked to punishment or labor, which later evolved to symbolize hardship or acridness in taste and experience. It is commonly found in words like "辛苦" meaning hard work or toil, and also appears in the names of certain seasons and periods within East Asian calendars.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8F9B |
| 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 | 辛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 辛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xBE 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8F9B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008F9B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8f9b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8AF |
| kCCCII | 215B5A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4B50 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4B50 |
| kCangjie | YTJ |
| kCantonese | san1 |
| kCihaiT | 1308.307 |
| kCowles | 3597 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1729.310 |
| kDefinition | bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160 |
| kEACC | 215B5A |
| kFanqie | 息鄰 |
| kFenn | 157C |
| kFennIndex | 182.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0040.1 |
| kGB0 | 4833 |
| kGB1 | 4833 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0382a |
| kHangul | 신:0E |
| kHanYu | 64036.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xīn(90) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64036.010:xīn |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⾟[U+2F9F]:64036.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 4068 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1729.310 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64036.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1250.250 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5041 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8AF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F49 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5DB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6374 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4B50 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-687C |
| kJapanese | シン からい かのと |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:841 |
| kJapaneseKun | KARAI TSURAI KANOTO |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 3141 |
| kKangXi | 1250.250 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kLau | 2652 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6580 |
| kMandarin | xīn |
| kMatthews | 2739 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2550 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025725 MJ025725:E0101 MJ025726:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 38630 38630:E0101 38630':E0102 |
| kNelson | 4646 |
| kPhonetic | 242 1124 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2575+160.7.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 160.0 |
| kSBGY | 102.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 690.06 14.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xīn粵san1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6580 |
| kTang | *sin |
| kTGHZ2013 | 407.030:xīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tân |
| kXerox | 246:327 |
| kXHC1983 | 1281.040:xīn |