U+9168 "酨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9168 "酨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of fermented or preserved food, specifically a kind of vinegar or pickled condiment made from grains or other ingredients. Its structure combines the radical for "vessel" or "container" with phonetic and semantic elements related to brewing or fermentation, reflecting its historical association with ancient Chinese culinary and preservation techniques. Though not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, the character appears in classical texts and specialized lexicons, often denoting a strong or aged acidic liquid used in cooking or medicinal applications. Its presence in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent this specialized term from historical documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+9168
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 酨
HTML Hex Encoding 酨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x85 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9168
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009168
C/C++/Java Escape \u9168

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 DD73
kCCCII 222F58
kCNS1986 2-4279
kCNS1992 2-4279
kCangjie JIMCW
kCantonese doi6
kCihaiT 1351.601
kDaeJaweon 1782.150
kFanqie 昨代
kFourCornerCode 4365.0
kGB3 3820
kHanYu 63580.090
kHanyuPinyin 63580.090:zài,zuì
kIRGDaeJaweon 1782.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63580.090
kIRGKangXi 1282.170
kIRG_GSource G3-4634
kIRG_HSource HB2-DD73
kIRG_JSource JMJ-026468
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7F07
kIRG_KSource K2-672D
kIRG_TSource T2-4279
kJapanese タイ サイ スイ ザイ ダイ
kKangXi 1282.170
kMandarin zài
kMojiJoho MJ026468
kMorohashi 39842
kRSUnicode 164.6
kSBGY 389.45 391.10
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 HMT