U+950B "锋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+950B "锋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sharp point," "edge," or "vanguard" and is commonly used in words related to sharpness, leadership, or pioneering force. It is composed of the metal radical 钅 on the left, indicating its association with metallic tools or weapons, and the phonetic component 夆 on the right. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "先锋" (xiānfēng, meaning pioneer or vanguard) and "锋芒" (fēngmáng, meaning keenness or cutting edge). This character is widely employed in both literal and metaphorical contexts across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, reflecting its cultural significance in describing sharp objects and forward positions.

General Properties

Code Point U+950B
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 锋
HTML Hex Encoding 锋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x94 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x950B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000950B
C/C++/Java Escape \u950b

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 275D6A
kCangjie XCHEJ
kCantonese fung1
kDefinition point of spear, sharp point
kEACC 275D6A
kFourCornerCode 8775
kGB0 2370
kHanYu 64211.010
kHanyuPinlu fēng(71)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64211.010
kIRGKangXi 1328.061
kIRG_GSource G0-3766
kTGH 2013:2664
kKangXi 1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph 6912
kMandarin fēng
kPhonetic 405*
kRSUnicode 167'.7
kTGHZ2013 098.070:fēng
kTotalStrokes 12
kTraditionalVariant "鋒" U+92D2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0326.050:fēng