U+9554 "镔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9554 "镔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of high-quality refined iron or steel, often associated with the term "镔铁" (bīn tiě), which historically denoted a superior, corrosion-resistant metal used in crafting swords and other fine weapons. This character is composed of the radical for metal "金" (jīn) on the left and the phonetic component "宾" (bīn) on the right, reflecting its meaning and pronunciation. Its usage appears in classical Chinese texts and historical contexts, particularly in reference to wrought iron or steel imported from Central Asia or the West during the Tang and Song dynasties.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9554
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	镔
HTML Hex Encoding	镔
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x95 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9554
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009554
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9554

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	29483E
kCangjie	CJOC
kCantonese	ban1
kDefinition	high quality iron
kEACC	29483E
kFourCornerCode	8378
kGB0	7957
kHanYu	64245.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64245.060
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F59
kTGH	2013:5953
kKangXi	1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph	7001
kMandarin	bīn
kRSUnicode	167'.10
kSMSZD2003Index	733.16 735.17
kTGHZ2013	024.110:bīn
kTotalStrokes	15
kTraditionalVariant	"鑌" U+944C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0075.020:bīn