U+9538 "锸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
锸
U+9538 "锸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily refers to a type of ancient digging or farming tool, specifically a spade or shovel, often used for turning soil or unearthing materials. It is composed of the metal radical "钅" (or "金" in traditional form, indicating metal) on the left side and the phonetic component "臿" (cha) on the right, which together provide both a visual and auditory clue to its meaning and pronunciation. In modern usage, this character is less common in daily conversation but still appears in historical texts, classical literature, and technical descriptions of traditional Chinese agriculture or archaeology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9538 |
| 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 | 锸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 锸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x94 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9538 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009538 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9538 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29456F |
| kCangjie | XCHJX |
| kCantonese | caap3 |
| kDefinition | spade, shovel; marking pin |
| kEACC | 29456F |
| kFanqie | 丑輒 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8277 |
| kGB0 | 7942 |
| kHanYu | 64231.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64231.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6F4A |
| kTGH | 2013:5737 |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6950 |
| kMandarin | chā |
| kPhonetic | 41* |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 034.070:chā |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鍤" U+9364 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0112.010:chā |