U+93EC "鏬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+93EC "鏬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that falls within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, representing a traditional logogram used primarily in Classical Chinese texts. Its meaning is often associated with the concept of a crack, crevice, or a narrow interstice, and it is sometimes used in literary or descriptive contexts to denote something that is split or aperture-like, though it is not commonly encountered in modern everyday writing. The character is composed of the metal radical (金) on the left, suggesting a metallic or sharp connotation, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation, which in standard Mandarin is roughly "xià" or similar depending on regional variations. Due to its obscurity, it may require specialized fonts or software to render correctly, and it is primarily of interest to scholars of historical Chinese linguistics or those working with ancient manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+93EC
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 鏬
HTML Hex Encoding 鏬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x8F 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x93EC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000093EC
C/C++/Java Escape \u93ec

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 F367
kCCCII 23467A
kCNS1986 2-6753
kCNS1992 2-6753
kCangjie CYPD
kCantonese laa3
kFourCornerCode 8114.9
kHanYu 64248.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64248.070
kIRGKangXi 1321.070
kIRG_GSource GE-517E
kIRG_HSource HB2-F367
kIRG_JSource JMJ-027210
kIRG_TSource T2-6753
kJapanese
kKangXi 1321.070
kMandarin xià
kMojiJoho MJ027210
kMorohashi 40838
kRSUnicode 167.11
kTotalStrokes 19
kUnihanCore2020 HMT