U+9798 "鞘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鞘
U+9798 "鞘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that refers to a scabbard or sheath, specifically the protective case for a sword, knife, or other bladed weapon. This ideograph is composed of a semantic component indicating leather or hide on its left side and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its traditional role in crafting weapon accessories. In modern usage, it appears in contexts ranging from historical weaponry terminology to metaphorical expressions, such as "drawing the sword from its sheath," symbolizing the initiation of action or conflict.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9798 |
| 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 | 鞘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鞘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x9E 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9798 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009798 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9798 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C054 |
| kCCCII | 216024 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-727D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-727D |
| kCangjie | TJFB |
| kCantonese | ciu3 |
| kCihaiT | 1467.404 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1902.330 |
| kDefinition | scabbard, sheath |
| kEACC | 216024 |
| kFanqie | 所交 私妙 |
| kFenn | 124E |
| kFennIndex | 53.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4952.7 |
| kGB0 | 3942 |
| kGB1 | 3942 |
| kHangul | 초:1N |
| kHanYu | 74336.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74336.070:qiào,shāo |
| kHKGlyph | 4475 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1902.330 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74336.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1388.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-474A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C054 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E64 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-857D |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7022 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-727D |
| kJapanese | ショウ ソウ さや |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6047 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAYA |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3068 |
| kKangXi | 1388.120 |
| kKorean | CHO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7258 |
| kMandarin | qiào |
| kMatthews | 2613 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2609a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027991 MJ027992:E0102 MJ027991:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 42850 42850:E0103 |
| kNelson | 5099 |
| kPhonetic | 220 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2508+177.9.7 V+7708+177.9.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 177.7 |
| kSBGY | 152.56 413.34 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+97D2<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 766.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qiào粵ciu3 shāo粵saau1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7258 |
| kTang | shrau |
| kTGHZ2013 | 301.010:qiào 327.110:shāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 267:335 |
| kXHC1983 | 0922.070:qiào 1008.010:shāo |