U+943C "鐼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+943C "鐼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that historically refers to an iron tool or a type of metal implement, often associated with ancient weaponry or culinary utensils, such as a hook or a small pan. Its pronunciation is believed to be "hùn" or a similar variant in Mandarin, though it is not commonly used in modern Chinese writing and appears primarily in classical texts or specialized dictionaries. This character is part of the CJK unified ideographs block, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese scripts, and its structure combines the metal radical (金) with the phonetic component "焚" (fén, meaning to burn), suggesting a connection to fire-tempered metalwork. Due to its obscurity, it is not included in standard Unicode fonts and may require specialized software to display correctly.

General Properties

Code Point U+943C
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 鐼
HTML Hex Encoding 鐼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x90 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x943C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000943C
C/C++/Java Escape \u943c

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 F663
kCCCII 23477E
kCNS1986 2-6A4B
kCNS1992 2-6A4B
kCangjie CJTC
kCantonese fan4
kDaeJaweon 1825.120
kFanqie 符分 許運
kFourCornerCode 8418.6
kGB3 8657
kHanYu 64261.040
kHanyuPinyin 64261.040:fén,bēn
kIRGDaeJaweon 1825.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64261.040
kIRGKangXi 1324.130
kIRG_GSource G3-7659
kIRG_HSource HB2-F663
kIRG_JSource JMJ-027300
kIRG_KPSource KP1-81B2
kIRG_KSource K2-6A68
kIRG_TSource T2-6A4B
kJapanese クン フン ブン ホン
kKangXi 1324.130
kMandarin fén
kMojiJoho MJ027300
kMorohashi 40958
kPhonetic 1020*
kRSUnicode 167.13
kSBGY 111.07 396.20
kSimplifiedVariant "𫔁" U+2B501 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 20
kUnihanCore2020 HMT