U+93C8 "鏈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鏈
U+93C8 "鏈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "chain" or "link," representing a series of connected rings, often used metaphorically to denote a sequence or connection. In traditional Chinese and Japanese contexts, it is commonly found in words related to physical chains, such as "鎖鏈" (suǒliàn, "chain"), as well as in technical terms like "鏈接" (liànjiē, "hyperlink") in modern computing. Its structure combines the metal radical "金" with an abbreviated phonetic component, reflecting its historical association with metalwork and interlocking forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+93C8 |
| 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 | 鏈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鏈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x8F 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x93C8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000093C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u93c8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C3EC |
| kCCCII | 215E31 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7939 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7939 |
| kCangjie | CYJJ |
| kCantonese | lin6 |
| kCihaiT | 1392.203 |
| kCowles | 2352 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1819.100 |
| kDefinition | chain, wire, cable; chain, shack |
| kEACC | 215E31 |
| kFanqie | 丑延 力延 |
| kFenn | 837D |
| kFennIndex | 307.03 308.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8513.0 |
| kGB1 | 3320 |
| kHangul | 련:1N |
| kHanYu | 64239.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liàn(9) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64239.040:lián,liàn |
| kHKGlyph | 4304 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1819.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64239.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1319.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4134 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C3EC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6F3A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-8149 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5E50 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7939 |
| kJapanese | レン テン くさり |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | KUSARI |
| kJapaneseOn | REN TEN |
| kJis0 | 7926 |
| kKangXi | 1319.100 |
| kKarlgren | 551 |
| kKorean | LYEN |
| kLau | 1888 1889 |
| kMandarin | liàn |
| kMatthews | 4016 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1569 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027166 MJ027166:E0101 MJ027165:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 40779 40779:E0101 |
| kNelson | 4899 |
| kPhonetic | 808 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7029+167.8.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 167.11 |
| kSBGY | 138.29 139.14 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "链" U+94FE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 736.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liàn粵lin6,lin2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6969 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 255:332 |