U+956C "镬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
镬
U+956C "镬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that historically refers to a large, deep cooking pot or cauldron, typically used for boiling water or cooking food in ancient Chinese cuisine. In classical texts, it is often associated with the punishment of boiling in oil, known as "镬烹," though its primary meaning remains a robust metal vessel for heating liquids. The character is composed of the metal radical 金 on the left and the phonetic component 蒦 on the right, reflecting its material and sound. In modern usage, it appears in culinary contexts, such as describing a wok-like pan, and is retained in some regional dialects and literary references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+956C |
| 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 | 镬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 镬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x95 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x956C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000956C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u956c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29484A |
| kCangjie | XCTOE |
| kCantonese | wok6 |
| kDefinition | cauldron, large iron pot |
| kEACC | 29484A |
| kFourCornerCode | 8474 |
| kGB0 | 7976 |
| kHanYu | 64262.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64262.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6F6C |
| kTGH | 2013:6344 |
| kKangXi | 1328.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7000 |
| kMandarin | huò |
| kRSUnicode | 167'.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 152.040:huò |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "鑊" U+944A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0515.070:huò |