U+9458 "鑘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9458 "鑘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a relatively rare and obscure Chinese character, primarily used in historical or classical texts rather than in modern standard Mandarin. Its composition combines the metal radical "金" (jīn, meaning gold or metal) with the phonetic component "雷" (léi, meaning thunder), and it is traditionally interpreted as referring to a type of ancient weapon or metal implement, often associated with a large knife or sword used in warfare. The character carries connotations of strength and metallic resonance, evoking the imagery of thunderstruck metal, though it is not commonly encountered in contemporary writing or digital communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+9458
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 鑘
HTML Hex Encoding 鑘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x91 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9458
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009458
C/C++/Java Escape \u9458

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 255B35
kCNS1986 E-6431
kCNS1992 3-6431
kCangjie CWWW
kCantonese leoi4
kCihaiT 1397.401
kDaeJaweon 1826.200
kFanqie 魯回 落猥
kGB3 8720
kHanYu 64270.010
kHanyuPinyin 64270.010:léi,lěi
kIRGDaeJaweon 1826.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64270.010
kIRGKangXi 1325.240
kIRG_GSource G3-7734
kIRG_HSource H-96A7
kIRG_JSource JMJ-027331
kIRG_KPSource KP1-81CC
kIRG_TSource T4-6B29
kJapanese ライ レ
kKangXi 1325.240
kMandarin léi
kMojiJoho MJ027331
kMorohashi 41005
kPhonetic 841*
kRSUnicode 167.15
kSBGY 097.19 272.12
kSimplifiedVariant "𰿄" U+30FC4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 23
kUnihanCore2020 H