U+994D "饍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
饍
U+994D "饍" CJK Unified Ideograph is a Han character used in traditional Chinese and Japanese writing, primarily meaning "to prepare a meal," "to offer food," or "a meal," often with connotations of fine or ceremonial dining. It is classified under the Kangxi radical 184 (食, meaning "eat" or "food"), with an additional 12 strokes, totaling 20 strokes. This character appears in classical texts and historical contexts, though it is less common in modern everyday usage, sometimes serving as a variant form of the more standard character "膳" (shan). Its representation in Unicode allows for consistent digital encoding across platforms, preserving its role in scholarly and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+994D |
| 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 | 饍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 饍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA5 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x994D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000994D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u994d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 235171 |
| kCNS1986 | E-5D58 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5D58 |
| kCangjie | OITGR |
| kCantonese | sin6 |
| kCihaiT | 1494.502 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1951.080 |
| kDefinition | meals, provisions, board |
| kEACC | 235171 |
| kFanqie | 時戰 |
| kFennIndex | 436.02 |
| kHangul | 선:0N |
| kHanYu | 74474.140 |
| kIICore | AKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1951.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74474.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1425.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-5465 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9667 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7C67 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E2CE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6057 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5D58 |
| kJapanese | ゼン セン そなえもの |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,92,71 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUSUMERU SONAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | ZEN SEN |
| kJis1 | 7277 |
| kKangXi | 1425.280 |
| kKorean | SEN |
| kLau | 2810 |
| kMandarin | shàn |
| kMatthews | 5659 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028545 MJ028545:E0101 MJ028544:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 44390 44390:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1203 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15304+184.9.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 184.12 |
| kSBGY | 409.18 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+81B3<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 783.01 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 9509 |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HKP |
| kXerox | 323:115 |
| kXHC1983 | 0999.051:shàn |