U+9508 "锈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
锈
U+9508 "锈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (simplified form of 鏽) that primarily means "rust" or "to become rusty." It is composed of the radical 钅 (metal or gold) on the left, indicating its association with metals, and the phonetic component 秀 (xiù) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. In usage, it appears in words like 生锈 (shēngxiù, "to rust") and describes the oxidation process that occurs on iron or steel surfaces when exposed to moisture or air over time. This character is commonly found in technical, industrial, and everyday contexts, extending metaphorically to describe corrosion or decay in both literal and figurative senses, such as in the term 锈蚀 (xiùshí, "rust erosion").
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9508 |
| 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 | 锈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 锈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x94 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9508 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009508 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9508 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275E3B |
| kCangjie | XCHDS |
| kCantonese | sau3 |
| kDefinition | rust, corrode |
| kEACC | 275E3B |
| kFourCornerCode | 8272 |
| kGB0 | 4866 |
| kHanYu | 64209.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiù(22) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64209.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5062 |
| kTGH | 2013:2663 |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6907 |
| kMandarin | xiù |
| kPhonetic | 1145* 1261* |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.7 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 412.010:xiù |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "銹" U+92B9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "鏽" U+93FD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1298.100:xiù |