U+954B "镋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
镋
U+954B "镋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of ancient weapon, specifically a long-handled spear or trident used in traditional Chinese warfare and martial arts. This character belongs to the Kangxi radical for metal or gold (钅), indicating its association with metallic weapons, and its pronunciation in Mandarin is tǎng. In historical contexts, the 镋 was often wielded by infantry or cavalry, resembling a fork-like polearm with multiple prongs. Today, the character sees limited but deliberate use in classical literature, historical texts, and discussions of traditional arms, though it remains relatively obscure in modern everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+954B |
| 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 | 镋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 镋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x95 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x954B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000954B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u954b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | XCFBU |
| kCantonese | tong2 |
| kDefinition | ancient weapon resembling a pitchfork |
| kFourCornerCode | 8971.6 |
| kHanYu | 64240.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64240.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G7-2135 |
| kTGH | 2013:7787 |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMandarin | tǎng |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 735.16 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 360.200:tǎng |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鎲" U+93B2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "钂" U+9482 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1120.040:tǎng |