U+9171 "酱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
酱
U+9171 "酱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing a fermented paste or sauce, a cornerstone of East Asian cuisine, specifically referring to soy sauce, bean paste, or similar condiments derived from soybeans or grains. It commonly appears in words like "酱油" (soy sauce) and "豆瓣酱" (broad bean paste) and carries cultural significance in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean culinary traditions, where it denotes a savory, umami-rich ingredient used in marinades, stir-fries, and dipping sauces. The character is composed of the radical for "unitary" or "one" and a component meaning "southwest corner of a boat," though its modern written form has evolved to represent the thick, fermented product.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9171 |
| 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 | 酱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 酱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x85 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9171 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009171 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9171 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275D32 |
| kCangjie | LNMCW |
| kCantonese | zoeng3 |
| kDefinition | any jam-like or paste-like food |
| kEACC | 275D32 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3760 |
| kGB0 | 2920 |
| kHanYu | 63582.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiàng(36) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63582.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1283.051 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3D34 |
| kTGH | 2013:2986 |
| kJapaneseKun | HISHIO |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kKangXi | 1283.051 |
| kKorean | CANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6830 |
| kMandarin | jiàng |
| kPhonetic | 112* |
| kRSUnicode | 164.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 711.02 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 168.030:jiàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "醬" U+91AC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0561.040:jiàng |