U+9454 "鑔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+9454 "鑔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of small cymbal used in Chinese percussion ensembles, particularly in Beijing opera and other regional folk music, where it is played in pairs to produce a sharp, clashing sound. This character is composed of the metal radical 金 (jīn, meaning gold or metal) on the left and the phonetic component 察 (chá, meaning to examine or observe) on the right, reflecting its material and pronunciation. In modern simplified Chinese, the character is often written as 镲 (U+9572). Beyond its musical meaning, "鑔" does not have commonly used alternate definitions in everyday language, making it a specialized term largely confined to the context of traditional instruments and cultural performances.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
鑔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
鑔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0x91 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x9454 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00009454 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u9454 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
23483F |
| kCNS1986 |
E-5F6B |
| kCNS1992 |
3-5F6B |
| kCangjie |
CJBF |
| kCantonese |
caa2 |
| kDefinition |
cymbals |
| kGB1 |
7979 |
| kHanYu |
64269.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
64269.010:chǎ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
64269.010 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1325.181 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-6F6F |
| kIRG_HSource |
H-9A51 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K2-6A74 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T3-5F6B |
| kKangXi |
1325.181 |
| kMandarin |
chǎ |
| kPhonetic |
45 |
| kRSUnicode |
167.14 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"镲" U+9572 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
740.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
chǎ粵caa2 |
| kTotalStrokes |
22 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
H |
| kXerox |
321:334 |