U+9238 "鈸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鈸
U+9238 "鈸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in traditional and simplified writing, primarily representing the word "cymbals," a pair of brass percussion instruments struck together in East Asian music. It is composed of the metal radical "釒" (gold or metal) on the left, indicating its association with metallic objects, and the phonetic component "發" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as "bó" in Mandarin. This character appears in historical texts and modern usage, particularly in contexts related to traditional Chinese opera, folk performances, and Buddhist or Taoist rituals where cymbals play a rhythmic role.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9238 |
| 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 | 鈸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鈸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x88 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9238 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009238 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9238 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B959 |
| kCCCII | 215D50 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6741 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6741 |
| kCangjie | CIKK |
| kCantonese | bat6 |
| kCihaiT | 1376.201 |
| kCowles | 3396 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1802.130 |
| kDefinition | cymbals |
| kEACC | 215D50 |
| kFanqie | 蒲撥 |
| kFenn | 188E |
| kFennIndex | 419.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8314.7 8414.0 |
| kGB1 | 7864 |
| kHangul | 발:1N |
| kHanYu | 64184.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64184.070:bó |
| kHKGlyph | 4247 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1802.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64184.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1299.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-6E60 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B959 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7D26 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-800B |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6142 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6741 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6A37 |
| kJapanese | ハツ バチ すず |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,93,06 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUZU |
| kJapaneseOn | HATSU BACHI |
| kJis1 | 6751 |
| kKangXi | 1299.320 |
| kKorean | PAL |
| kMandarin | bó |
| kMatthews | 4850 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2506 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ026717 MJ026717:E0101 MJ026718:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 40271 40271:E0101 |
| kNelson | 4831 |
| kPhonetic | 1027 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15223+167.8.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 167.5 |
| kSBGY | 487.42 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "钹" U+94B9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 720.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bó粵bat6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6876 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kVietnamese | bạt |
| kXerox | 266:051 |