U+915F "酟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+915F "酟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that historically referred to a type of blended or seasoned vinegar, often used in ancient texts to describe the process of mixing or adding flavor to fermented liquids. Its composition combines the radical for alcohol or fermentation (酉) with a phonetic component suggesting addition or mixing, giving it a specialized meaning related to culinary or medicinal preparations in classical Chinese contexts. Today, the character is seldom used in modern Mandarin and appears primarily in historical or literary references.

General Properties

Code Point U+915F
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 酟
HTML Hex Encoding 酟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x85 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x915F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000915F
C/C++/Java Escape \u915f

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 DC5F
kCCCII 234059
kCNS1986 2-4126
kCNS1992 2-4126
kCangjie MWYR
kCantonese tim1
kCihaiT 1351.201
kDaeJaweon 1781.340
kFourCornerCode 1166.0
kGB3 7856
kHanYu 63578.050
kHanyuPinyin 63578.050:tiān
kIRGDaeJaweon 1781.340
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63578.050
kIRGKangXi 1281.340
kIRG_GSource G3-6E58
kIRG_HSource HB2-DC5F
kIRG_JSource JMJ-026459
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7EF8
kIRG_KSource K2-6729
kIRG_TSource T2-4126
kIRG_VSource V3-3878
kJapanese テン
kKangXi 1281.340
kMandarin tiān
kMojiJoho MJ026459
kMorohashi 39815
kRSUnicode 164.5
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HMT