U+9541 "镁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9541 "镁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified writing systems, primarily pronounced as "měi" in Mandarin. Its meaning is directly tied to the chemical element magnesium, as it belongs to the radical for metal and is composed of a phonetic component indicating its sound. Commonly appearing in scientific and industrial contexts, this character forms part of compound words such as "镁光" for magnesium light or "镁合金" for magnesium alloy, reflecting its role in chemistry and materials science.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9541
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	镁
HTML Hex Encoding	镁
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x95 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9541
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009541
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9541

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	275D78
kCangjie	XCTGK
kCantonese	mei5
kDefinition	magnesium (element 12, Mg)
kEACC	275D78
kFourCornerCode	8878
kGB0	3530
kHanYu	64235.140
kHanyuPinlu	měi(14)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64235.140
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-433E
kTGH	2013:5739
kKangXi	1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph	9485
kMandarin	měi
kPhonetic	892*
kRSUnicode	167'.9
kTGHZ2013	246.180:měi
kTotalStrokes	14
kTraditionalVariant	"鎂" U+9382 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0774.020:měi