U+9398 "鎘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9398 "鎘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a type of metal or a metallic element, and in modern usage it is the standard Chinese name for the chemical element cadmium, as adopted in scientific and technical contexts. This character consists of a metal radical on the left side, indicating its association with metallic substances, and a phonetic component on the right that provides a clue to its pronunciation, which is "gé" in Mandarin. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures that this character can be reliably encoded, stored, and exchanged across digital platforms, facilitating accurate representation of Chinese text in fields ranging from chemistry to everyday communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+9398
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 鎘
HTML Hex Encoding 鎘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x8E 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9398
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009398
C/C++/Java Escape \u9398

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 C2F0
kCCCII 23462D
kCNS1986 1-775B
kCNS1992 1-775B
kCangjie CMRB
kCantonese gaak3
kCihaiT 1391.606
kDaeJaweon 1817.040
kDefinition cadmium (element 48, Cd)
kEACC 23462D
kFanqie 郎擊
kFourCornerCode 8112.7
kGB1 7951
kHanYu 64239.080
kHanyuPinyin 64239.080:lì,gé
kIICore AT
kIRGDaeJaweon 1817.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64239.080
kIRGKangXi 1317.070
kIRG_GSource G1-6F53
kIRG_HSource HB1-C2F0
kIRG_JSource J1-652E
kIRG_KPSource KP1-810C
kIRG_KSource K2-697A
kIRG_TSource T1-775B
kJapanese レキ リャク カク かなえ
kJapaneseKun KANAENOTSUKIMONO KADOMYUUSU
kJapaneseOn REKI RYAKU KAKU
kJis1 6914
kKangXi 1317.070
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ027106
kMorohashi 40710
kPhonetic 542
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22787+167.8.10 C+22787+193.10.8
kRSUnicode 167.10
kSBGY 520.42
kSimplifiedVariant "镉" U+9549 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 734.05
kSMSZD2003Readings gé粵gaak3
kTaiwanTelegraph 9676
kTotalStrokes 18
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 315:126