U+93E8 "鏨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

鏨

U+93E8 "鏨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character primarily meaning "chisel" or "engraving tool," often used in the context of metalworking, carving, or inscription. It is composed of the radical for metal or gold (金) combined with other elements that suggest cutting or carving action, reflecting its function as a tool for etching hard surfaces. This character appears in both historical and modern usage in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it denotes a specific type of handheld engraving implement or the act of engraving itself, particularly in the creation of seals, sculptures, or decorative metalwork. Its Unicode encoding ensures standardized digital representation across platforms for text that involves traditional craftsmanship terminology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+93E8
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	鏨
HTML Hex Encoding	鏨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x8F 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x93E8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000093E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u93e8

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	C3F5
kCCCII	234666
kCNS1986	1-7942
kCNS1992	1-7942
kCangjie	JLC
kCantonese	zaam6
kCihaiT	1393.202
kCowles	4470
kDaeJaweon	1820.150
kDefinition	engraving tool, chisel
kEACC	234666
kFanqie	昨甘士咸才敢慈染藏濫
kFenn	212H
kFennIndex	542.06
kFourCornerCode	5210.9
kGB1	8641
kHangul	참:1N
kHanYu	64246.200
kHanyuPinyin	64246.200:zàn
kIICore	ATJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1820.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64246.200
kIRGKangXi	1320.220
kIRG_GSource	G1-7649
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C3F5
kIRG_JSource	J0-6F34
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8160
kIRG_KSource	K1-6E60
kIRG_TSource	T1-7942
kJapanese	サンザンセンゼンたがね
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	TAGANE
kJapaneseOn	SAN ZAN
kJis0	7920
kKangXi	1320.220
kKorean	CHAM
kMandarin	zàn
kMatthews	6684
kMeyerWempe	3227
kMojiJoho	MJ027206
kMorohashi	40824
kNelson	4907
kPhonetic	21
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7023+167.8.11
kRSUnicode	167.11
kSBGY	224.40 230.32 333.10 335.26 443.26
kSimplifiedVariant	"錾" U+933E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	737.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	zàn粵zaam6
kTaiwanTelegraph	6983
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT
kXerox	274:100