U+9557 "镗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9557 "镗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified scripts, falling under the radical for metal. Its primary meanings include a boring or reaming tool used in machining, particularly in the context of metalwork, as well as a verb meaning to bore or drill into metal. In addition, this character appears in classical literature and compound words, sometimes describing a dull or heavy sound, such as the echoing noise of a drum or metal object being struck.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9557
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	镗
HTML Hex Encoding	镗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x95 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9557
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009557
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9557

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	275E33
kCangjie	XCFBG
kCantonese	tong1
kDefinition	boring tool
kEACC	275E33
kFourCornerCode	8971
kGB0	7959
kHanYu	64248.100
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64248.100
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F5B
kTGH	2013:6113
kKangXi	1328.061
kMainlandTelegraph	6974
kMandarin	tāng
kRSUnicode	167'.11
kTGHZ2013	359.130:tāng 360.120:táng
kTotalStrokes	16
kTraditionalVariant	"鏜" U+93DC CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1117.070:tāng 1119.050:táng