U+9501 "锁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
锁
U+9501 "锁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "lock" or "to lock," functioning as both a noun and a verb in modern Mandarin. It is composed of the radical 钅 (metal) on the left and the phonetic component 所 on the right, reflecting its historical association with metal fasteners. In everyday usage, this character appears in terms like 锁门 (to lock a door) or 锁匠 (locksmith), and it also carries figurative meanings such as "to confine" or "to shackle" in literary or metaphorical contexts. As a standard component of the Chinese writing system, it is widely used across East Asia, including in Japanese (as 錠) and Korean (as 쇄), though its pronunciation and specific applications may vary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9501 |
| 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 | 锁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 锁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x94 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9501 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009501 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9501 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275E28 |
| kCangjie | CFBO |
| kCantonese | so2 |
| kDefinition | lock, padlock; shackles, chains |
| kEACC | 275E28 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8978 |
| kGB0 | 4388 |
| kHanYu | 64207.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | suǒ(68) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64207.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B78 |
| kTGH | 2013:2660 |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6956 |
| kMandarin | suǒ |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 728.14 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 354.070:suǒ |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鎖" U+9396 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1104.020:suǒ |