U+9162 "酢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
酢
U+9162 "酢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) and Japanese kanji that primarily denotes vinegar, though it also carries an ancient meaning related to a return offering or toasting ritual in ceremonial contexts. In modern usage, it appears in words such as "酢酸" (sakusan, meaning acetic acid) in Japanese and in compounds like "果酢" (guǒ cù, meaning fruit vinegar) in Chinese. The character combines the radical 酉 (yǒu), associated with fermentation or alcohol, and the phonetic component 乍 (zhà), which hints at its pronunciation. Its historical role in both culinary and ritual language underscores its evolution from a term for a sour condiment to a specialized chemical term in contemporary East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9162 |
| 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 | 酢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 酢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x85 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9162 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009162 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9162 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DC60 |
| kCCCII | 23405C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4127 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4127 |
| kCangjie | MWHS |
| kCantonese | zok6 |
| kCihaiT | 1351.203 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1781.430 |
| kDefinition | toast one's host with wine; to express juice by pressing |
| kEACC | 4B5D2B |
| kFanqie | 在各 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1861.1 |
| kGB0 | 8501 |
| kGB1 | 8501 |
| kGSR | 0806t |
| kHangul | 초:0N |
| kHanYu | 63578.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63578.090:cù,zuò |
| kIICore | AGTJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1781.430 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63578.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1282.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7521 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DC60 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F5D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDF8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7532 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4127 |
| kJapanese | サク ザク ソ す |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5109 |
| kJapaneseKun | SU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAKU |
| kJis0 | 3161 |
| kKangXi | 1282.010 |
| kKorean | CHO CAK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6797 |
| kMandarin | zuò |
| kMatthews | 6785 |
| kMeyerWempe | 47 3472c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ026462 MJ026462:E0101 MJ026463:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 39824:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4783 |
| kPhonetic | 10 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2595+164.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 164.5 |
| kSBGY | 508.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 710.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zuò粵zok6 cù粵cou3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+69A8<kMeyerWempe |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6797 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 497.120:zuò |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:366 |
| kXHC1983 | 0181.070:cù 1553.010:zuò |