U+9548 "镈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9548 "镈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to an ancient type of large bell used in ritual music during the Zhou dynasty, often suspended from a frame and struck with a mallet. In modern Chinese, the character is less common but can also denote a plow or a hoe in agricultural contexts, reflecting its historical evolution from a musical instrument to a tool. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is defined for use in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it carries specific cultural and linguistic significance tied to classical texts and regional dialects.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9548
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	镈
HTML Hex Encoding	镈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x95 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9548
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009548
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9548

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	29462B
kCangjie	XCIBI
kCantonese	bok3
kDefinition	large bell; hoe, spade
kFourCornerCode	8374.2
kHanYu	64239.051
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64239.051
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G7-2134
kTGH	2013:7786
kKangXi	1328.061
kMandarin	bó
kPhonetic	381*
kRSUnicode	167'.10
kTGHZ2013	027.200:bó
kTotalStrokes	15
kTraditionalVariant	"鎛" U+939B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0083.090:bó