U+93B8 "鎸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鎸
U+93B8 "鎸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of engraving or carving, and it is also used as a variant form of the character 镌 (juān). This character is primarily found in classical Chinese texts and historical inscriptions, where it describes the act of inscribing characters onto hard surfaces like stone or metal, often for commemorative or artistic purposes. Its meaning is closely tied to the idea of permanence and careful craftsmanship, reflecting its use in contexts such as stone tablets, seals, or decorative metalwork within Chinese cultural and literary traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+93B8 |
| 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 | 鎸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鎸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x8E 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x93B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000093B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u93b8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 255A51 |
| kCNS1986 | E-5946 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5946 |
| kCangjie | COGS |
| kCantonese | zyun1 |
| kCihaiT | 1392.102 |
| kDefinition | engraving tool; carve, engrave |
| kGB1 | 7952 |
| kHanYu | 64241.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64241.160 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1318.281 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-6F54 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9749 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-027146 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-8128 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5946 |
| kJapanese | セン のみ |
| kKangXi | 1318.281 |
| kMandarin | juān |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027146 |
| kMorohashi | 40764 |
| kRSUnicode | 167.10 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "镌" U+954C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 735.14 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |