U+9509 "锉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9509 "锉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a file or rasp, a tool used for smoothing or shaping hard materials such as metal or wood, and it can also function as a verb meaning to file or abrade a surface. In modern standard Chinese, it is pronounced "cuò" in Mandarin, and its radical is the metal element "钅" (gold), reflecting its association with metallic tools. The character is used in contexts ranging from carpentry and metalworking to broader idiomatic expressions, such as describing the act of refining or polishing something through persistent effort.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9509
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	锉
HTML Hex Encoding	锉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x94 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9509
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009509
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9509

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	275D69
kCangjie	XCOOG
kCantonese	co3
kDefinition	carpenter's file, file smooth
kEACC	275D69
kFourCornerCode	8871
kGB0	7917
kHanYu	64210.010
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64210.010
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F31
kTGH	2013:5185
kKangXi	1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph	6908
kMandarin	cuò
kPhonetic	236*
kRSUnicode	167'.7
kTGHZ2013	060.070:cuò
kTotalStrokes	12
kTraditionalVariant	"銼" U+92BC CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0187.020:cuò