U+91B8 "醸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
醸
U+91B8 "醸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (also used in Japanese) traditionally meaning "to brew" or "to ferment," particularly in reference to making alcoholic beverages like sake or soy sauce. It is composed of the radical 酉 (wine, ferment) on the left, which relates to alcohol or fermentation processes, and the phonetic component 襄 on the right, contributing to its pronunciation. In modern usage, this character appears in words such as 醸造 (brewing or fermentation) and can also metaphorically imply the gradual creation or development of something, like an atmosphere or a situation. Its simplified version in mainland Chinese script is 酿, while the traditional form 釀 is also used in some contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+91B8 |
| 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 | 醸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 醸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x86 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x91B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000091B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u91b8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | MWYCV |
| kCantonese | joeng6 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1789.320 |
| kDefinition | brew, ferment |
| kEACC | 4B5D34 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1063.2 |
| kHanYu | 63601.080 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1789.320 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63601.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1288.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-5026 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E7A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7F8A |
| kJapanese | ジョウ かもす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAMOSU |
| kJapaneseOn | JOU |
| kJis0 | 3090 |
| kKangXi | 1288.181 |
| kMandarin | niàng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ026566 |
| kMorohashi | 40064' |
| kNelson | 4804 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2530+164.7.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 164.13 |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |