U+9522 "锢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9522 "锢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of "to stop up," "to obstruct," or "to block," often used in the context of casting or hardening metal. It is composed of the radical for metal or gold on the left side and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its historical association with smelting and solidification processes. In modern usage, this character appears in terms such as "禁锢" meaning to confine or imprison, and "锢囚锋" referring to a meteorological front, demonstrating its range from literal blockage to figurative restraint. Its strokes and structure follow the standard CJK unified ideograph system, making it a recognizable element in both Chinese and Japanese written languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+9522
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 锢
HTML Hex Encoding 锢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x94 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9522
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009522
C/C++/Java Escape \u9522

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 294478
kCangjie XCWJR
kCantonese gu3
kDefinition run metal into cracks; confine
kEACC 294478
kFourCornerCode 8670
kGB0 7932
kHanYu 64220.010
kIICore CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64220.010
kIRGKangXi 1328.061
kIRG_GSource G0-6F40
kTGH 2013:5488
kKangXi 1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph 6933
kMandarin
kPhonetic 758*
kRSUnicode 167'.8
kTGHZ2013 119.130:gù
kTotalStrokes 13
kTraditionalVariant "錮" U+932E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0402.040:gù