U+9626 "阦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9626 "阦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that historically represents the meaning of "old fire" or "charcoal," often used in contexts related to embers or lingering flames. It is composed of the radical 阝 (commonly associated with hills or mounds, though here functioning as a phonetic or structural component) and a simplified element for fire, 火, giving it a visual connection to heat or combustion. While not commonly found in modern Chinese, this character appears in some classical texts and specialized dictionaries, reflecting its niche role as a logogram for residual or long-burning fire. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures digital preservation for scholarly and historical applications.

General Properties

Code Point U+9626
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 阦
HTML Hex Encoding 阦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x98 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9626
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009626
C/C++/Java Escape \u9626

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 234A2C
kCNS1986 E-273B
kCNS1992 3-273B
kCangjie NLF
kCantonese joeng4
kDaeJaweon 1848.070
kHanYu 64118.020
kIRGDaeJaweon 1848.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64118.020
kIRGKangXi 1346.060
kIRG_GSource GE-527E
kIRG_JSource J1-6649
kIRG_KPSource KP1-82F0
kIRG_TSource T3-273B
kIRG_VSource V4-4D22
kJapanese ヨウ
kJapaneseKun HI
kJapaneseOn YOU
kJis1 7041
kKangXi 1346.060
kMandarin yáng
kMojiJoho MJ027539
kMorohashi 41557
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22829+86.4.3 C+22829+170.3.4
kRSUnicode 170.4
kTotalStrokes 6