U+9178 "酸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
酸
U+9178 "酸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of sourness or acidity, and is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In its composition, the character combines the radical for "unitary" or "one" with phonetic elements, but its core meaning relates to the taste of substances like vinegar or citrus, as well as chemical acidity. Beyond flavor, "酸" carries extended meanings in figurative contexts, such as describing a feeling of emotional pain or jealousy, and it appears frequently in terms for sour foods, acids in chemistry, and expressions of bitterness in daily language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9178 |
| 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 | 酸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 酸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x85 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9178 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009178 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9178 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BBC4 |
| kCCCII | 215D27 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6B4C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6B4C |
| kCangjie | MWICE |
| kCantonese | syun1 |
| kCihaiT | 1352.301 |
| kCowles | 3702 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1783.120 |
| kDefinition | tart, sour; acid; stiff; spoiled |
| kEACC | 215D27 |
| kFanqie | 素官 |
| kFenn | 542B |
| kFennIndex | 475.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1364.7 |
| kGB0 | 4365 |
| kGB1 | 4365 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0468e' |
| kHangul | 산:0N |
| kHanYu | 63585.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | suān(102) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63585.030:suān |
| kHKGlyph | 4205 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1783.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63585.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1283.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B61 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BBC4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B40 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1AE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F2B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6B4C |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-905D |
| kJapanese | サン すい す |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3089 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUI SU TSURAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SAN |
| kJis0 | 2732 |
| kKangXi | 1283.150 |
| kKorean | SAN |
| kLau | 2920 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6808 |
| kMandarin | suān |
| kMatthews | 5514 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2853 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ026488 MJ026488:E0101 MJ026487:E0102 MJ026489:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 39871:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4789 |
| kPhonetic | 313 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2190+164.7.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 164.7 |
| kSBGY | 124.43 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 711.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | suān粵syun1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6808 |
| kTang | *suɑn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 351.110:suān |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 250:326 |
| kXHC1983 | 1097.120:suān |