U+9560 "镠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
镠
U+9560 "镠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in classical and literary contexts, where it denotes a type of fine gold or pure gold, often associated with entrusting or bestowing precious metal in ancient texts. Composed of the metal radical "金" and the phonetic component "翏," this character appears in historical records and poetry, including its use in names like Liu Gongquan, a renowned Tang dynasty calligrapher, whose given name "公权" contrasts with the character "镠" that sometimes appears in variant forms or as part of honorific titles. It is classified under the Kangxi radical 167 for gold and holds specific meanings tied to craftsmanship and value in traditional Chinese culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9560 |
| 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 | 镠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 镠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x95 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9560 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009560 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9560 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 294673 |
| kCangjie | XCSMH |
| kCantonese | lau4 |
| kDefinition | pure gold |
| kFourCornerCode | 8772.2 |
| kHanYu | 64253.041 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64253.041 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | GHZR-84580.18 |
| kTGH | 2013:6119 |
| kJapaneseOn | RYUU |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMandarin | liú |
| kPhonetic | 819* |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.11 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 228.180:liú |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鏐" U+93D0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0727.050:liú |