U+9404 "鐄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9404 "鐄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character primarily used in historical or literary contexts, representing a type of ancient bell or a metallic sound, often associated with large bronze bells or musical instruments. This character is composed of the metal radical 金 (jīn) on the left, indicating its connection to metal, and the phonetic component 皇 (huáng) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. Its usage is relatively rare in modern standard Mandarin, appearing more frequently in classical texts, poetry, or descriptions of ceremonial artifacts. The character carries a sense of grandeur or resonance, reflecting its original association with important ritual objects in ancient Chinese culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+9404
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 鐄
HTML Hex Encoding 鐄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x90 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9404
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009404
C/C++/Java Escape \u9404

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

kCCCII 234759
kCNS1986 E-5D3C
kCNS1992 3-5D3C
kCangjie CTMC
kCantonese waang4
kCihaiT 1393.404
kDaeJaweon 1821.230
kDefinition bell
kEACC 234759
kFanqie 戶盲
kGB3 8687
kHangul 횡:0N
kHanYu 64254.080
kHanyuPinyin 64254.080:huáng
kIICore AKP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1821.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64254.080
kIRGKangXi 1321.310
kIRG_GSource G3-7677
kIRG_HSource H-95DD
kIRG_JSource J13-7D46
kIRG_KPSource KP0-F6F1
kIRG_KSource K0-7C75
kIRG_TSource T3-5D3C
kIRG_VSource V0-4652
kJapanese コウ オウ
kKoreanName 2015
kJIS0213 1,93,38
kJapaneseOn KOU OU
kJis1 6954
kKangXi 1321.310
kKorean HOYNG
kMandarin huáng
kMojiJoho MJ027236 MJ027236:E0101 MJ027237:E0102
kMorohashi 40868 40868:E0101
kPhonetic 1458
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+17171+167.8.12 C+17171+201.12.8
kRSUnicode 167.12
kSBGY 184.28
kSimplifiedVariant "𨱑" U+28C51 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 737.12
kSMSZD2003Readings huáng粵waang4
kTaiwanTelegraph 9369
kTotalStrokes 19
kUnihanCore2020 HKP
kVietnamese hoàng vàng
kXerox 314:247