U+938A "鎊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

鎊

U+938A "鎊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the pound sterling currency symbol or a unit of weight, often used in historical or financial contexts. Originating from the combination of the metal radical "金" (gold or metal) on the left and the phonetic component "旁" on the right, this character reflects its etymology as a term for a measure of precious metal. In modern usage, it is prominently employed in East Asian languages to refer to the British pound, appearing in financial documents, exchange rates, and translations of Western monetary terms. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures compatibility across various digital platforms for representing this specific cultural and economic concept.

General Properties

Code Point	U+938A
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	鎊
HTML Hex Encoding	鎊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x8E 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x938A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000938A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u938a

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	C2E9
kCCCII	215E25
kCNS1986	1-7754
kCNS1992	1-7754
kCangjie	CYBS
kCantonese	bong6
kCihaiT	1389.606
kDaeJaweon	1816.140
kDefinition	pound sterling; to scrape
kEACC	215E25
kFanqie	普郎
kFenn	262E
kFennIndex	385.01 384.04
kFourCornerCode	8012.7
kGB1	1687
kHangul	방:1N
kHanYu	64244.040
kHanyuPinyin	64244.040:pāng,bàng
kHKGlyph	4294
kIICore	ATHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1816.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64244.040
kIRGKangXi	1316.140
kIRG_GSource	G1-3077
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C2E9
kIRG_JSource	J1-6528
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-811C
kIRG_KSource	K1-614E
kIRG_TSource	T1-7754
kIRG_VSource	V2-9072
kJapanese	ホウ
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	KEZURU
kJapaneseOn	HAU HOU
kJis1	6908
kKangXi	1316.140
kKorean	PANG
kLau	146
kMandarin	bàng
kMatthews	4920
kMojiJoho	MJ027089
kMorohashi	40691
kPhonetic	1081
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19932+167.8.10
kRSUnicode	167.10
kSBGY	182.15
kSimplifiedVariant	"镑" U+9551 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	733.18
kSMSZD2003Readings	bàng粵bong6,bong2
kTaiwanTelegraph	6967
kTotalStrokes	18
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	261:264