U+9572 "镲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9572 "镲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of small cymbal or percussion instrument, commonly used in traditional Chinese music, particularly in ensembles like Peking opera and folk bands. This character is composed of the metal radical "钅" on the left, indicating its metallic nature, and the phonetic component "察" on the right, suggesting its pronunciation similar to "chǎ" in Mandarin. In modern usage, "镲" refers specifically to a pair of small, high-pitched cymbals that are struck together to produce a sharp, crisp sound, often marking rhythms or accentuating musical phrases.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9572
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	镲
HTML Hex Encoding	镲
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x95 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9572
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009572
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9572

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	29483F
kCangjie	XXCJB
kCantonese	caa2
kDefinition	cymbals
kEACC	29483F
kFourCornerCode	8379
kGB0	7979
kHanYu	64269.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64269.020
kIRGKangXi	1328.061
kIRG_GSource	G0-6F6F
kTGH	2013:6397
kKangXi	1328.061
kMandarin	chǎ
kPhonetic	45*
kRSUnicode	167'.14
kTGHZ2013	035.090:chǎ
kTotalStrokes	19
kTraditionalVariant	"鑔" U+9454 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0114.120:chǎ