U+97AF "鞯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+97AF "鞯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and simplified Chinese writing, where it means "saddlebag" or "pack saddle," referring to a bag or cloth placed on a horse's back for carrying goods. This character belongs to the Kangxi Radical 176 (革, meaning "leather" or "hide") combined with the phonetic component 荐, which together form a pictophonetic structure indicating both sound and meaning. In historical and literary contexts, "鞯" often appears in descriptions of travel, equestrian culture, or military logistics, such as in classical poetry or texts about nomadic life. Its usage remains limited in modern everyday language but persists in specialized vocabulary related to horsemanship or historical reenactments. The Unicode encoding ensures that this character is digitally represented for text processing and preservation across various platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+97AF
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 鞯
HTML Hex Encoding 鞯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x9E 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x97AF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000097AF
C/C++/Java Escape \u97af

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 294E43
kCangjie TJTKD
kCantonese zin1
kDefinition saddle blanket
kEACC 294E43
kFourCornerCode 4454
kGB0 8721
kHanYu 74342.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74342.030
kIRGKangXi 1390.151
kIRG_GSource G0-7735
kTGH 2013:6315
kKangXi 1390.151
kMainlandTelegraph 7277
kMandarin jiān
kPhonetic 144* 189*
kRSUnicode 177.9
kSMSZD2003Index 767.12
kTGHZ2013 164.010:jiān
kTotalStrokes 18
kTraditionalVariant "韉" U+97C9 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0547.060:jiān