U+9859 "顙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
顙
U+9859 "顙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character pronounced "sǎng" in Mandarin and used primarily in classical or formal contexts. It refers to the forehead or the front of the head, and is most famously associated with the ritual act of "koutou" or "kowtow," where one kneels and bows so low that the forehead touches the ground, as a sign of deep respect or submission. In compound terms, it appears in words like "稽顙" (qǐ sǎng), meaning a prostration involving the forehead striking the ground, and it carries historical and cultural weight in descriptions of ancient Chinese ceremonies and expressions of reverence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9859 |
| 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 | 顙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 顙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA1 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9859 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009859 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9859 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F3A8 |
| kCCCII | 234F6B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6773 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6773 |
| kCangjie | EDMBC |
| kCantonese | song2 |
| kCihaiT | 1481.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1926.010 |
| kDefinition | the forehead; to kowtow |
| kEACC | 234F6B |
| kFanqie | 七羊 蘇朗 |
| kFenn | 533H |
| kFennIndex | 429.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1198.6 |
| kGB1 | 8210 |
| kGSR | 0704b |
| kHangul | 상:1N |
| kHanYu | 74388.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74388.060:sǎng |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1926.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74388.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1408.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-722A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F3A8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7E22 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-8740 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-637D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6773 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-9143 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ ひたい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,94,02 |
| kJapaneseKun | HITAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis1 | 7218 |
| kKangXi | 1408.010 |
| kKorean | SANG |
| kMandarin | sǎng |
| kMatthews | 5428 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2851b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028257 |
| kMorohashi | 43624 |
| kPhonetic | 1232 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15294+181.9.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 181.10 |
| kSBGY | 313.39 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "颡" U+98A1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 774.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sǎng粵song2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7350 |
| kTang | sɑ̌ng |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 301:067 |