U+9539 "锹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9539 "锹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of shovel or spade, specifically a tool with a long handle and a broad, flat blade used for digging, lifting, or moving loose materials like soil, sand, or coal. In simplified Chinese, it is written as 锹, while its traditional counterpart is 鍬. This character is commonly encountered in agricultural, construction, and gardening contexts, playing a similar role to the English word "shovel." Its structure incorporates the metal radical 钅 (jīn), reflecting the iron or steel composition of the tool's blade, and the phonetic component 秋 (qiū), which suggests its pronunciation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9539
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	锹
HTML Hex Encoding	锹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x94 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9539
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009539
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9539

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	275E23
kCangjie	XCHDF
kCantonese	ciu1
kDefinition	shovel
kEACC	275E23
kFourCornerCode	8978
kGB0	3934
kHanYu	64232.010
kHanyuPinlu	qiāo(15)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64232.010
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-4742
kTGH	2013:3113
kKangXi	1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph	6942
kMandarin	qiāo
kRSUnicode	167'.9
kTGHZ2013	299.110:qiāo
kTotalStrokes	14
kTraditionalVariant	"鍬" U+936C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0920.090:qiāo