U+953C "锼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+953C "锼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in Mandarin and Classical Chinese, where it functions as a verb meaning to carve, engrave, or cut with a chisel, often referring to the shaping of wood or stone. It falls under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, representing a traditional logogram with roots in written Chinese and Japanese (where it is known as a kanji). While not among the most common characters in modern everyday text, it appears in historical literature, technical descriptions of craftsmanship, and specialized contexts involving fine engraving or intricate carving work.

General Properties

Code Point	U+953C
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	锼
HTML Hex Encoding	锼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x94 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x953C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000953C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u953c

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	29464A
kCangjie	XCHXE
kCantonese	sau1
kDefinition	to engrave (metal or wood)
kEACC	29464A
kFourCornerCode	8774
kGB0	7943
kHanYu	64233.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64233.050
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F4B
kTGH	2013:7680
kKangXi	1328.061
kMandarin	sōu
kPhonetic	1143*
kRSUnicode	167'.9
kTGHZ2013	349.060:sōu
kTotalStrokes	14
kTraditionalVariant	"鎪" U+93AA CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1093.090:sōu