U+9491 "钑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
钑
U+9491 "钑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of ancient weapon, specifically a spear or lance, and is also used historically to denote the process of inlaying or decorating metal by engraving or carving, particularly in the context of metalwork or armor. This character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is composed of the metal radical 钅 (jīn) on the left, combined with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its traditional meaning related to metallic objects. In modern usage, it is relatively rare and appears mostly in classical texts, historical weapon descriptions, or technical references to ancient Chinese metallurgy and craftsmanship.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9491 |
| 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 | 钑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 钑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x92 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9491 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009491 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9491 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | XCNHE |
| kCantonese | zaap6 |
| kDefinition | spear |
| kGB8 | 9494 |
| kHanYu | 64172.091 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64172.091 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G8-7E7E |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kKorean | SAP |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 9442 |
| kMandarin | sà |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.3 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鈒" U+9212 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |