U+953A "锺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+953A "锺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of ancient vessel or container, often used for holding wine or liquids, and can also mean a handle or a stem. In modern usage, it is most commonly recognized as a variant or traditional form of the character "钟," which means bell or clock, though it carries distinct historical and etymological roots related to ritual bronze vessels. The character appears in classical texts and names, and its simplified counterpart is frequently used in contemporary Chinese writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+953A
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	锺
HTML Hex Encoding	锺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x94 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x953A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000953A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u953a

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

kCangjie	XCHJG
kCantonese	zung1
kDefinition	cup, glass, goblet; surname
kEACC	455E21
kFourCornerCode	8211
kGB0	7981
kHanYu	64232.031
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64232.031
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F71
kTGH	2013:7679
kJapaneseKun	SAKAZUKI ATSUMERU
kJapaneseOn	SHOU
kKangXi	1328.061
kKorean	CONG
kMainlandTelegraph	6945
kMandarin	zhōng
kRSUnicode	167'.9
kTGHZ2013	480.110:zhōng
kTotalStrokes	14
kTraditionalVariant	"鍾" U+937E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G