U+99A3 "馣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
馣
U+99A3 "馣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character primarily found in classical texts, where it conveys the meaning of a fragrant or rich aroma, often associated with the scent of grain or fermented foods. Its structure combines the radical "香" (xiāng, meaning fragrant) with a phonetic component, reflecting its semantic origin in describing pleasant smells. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese or Japanese, but it appears in historical dictionaries and literary works from preceding centuries, where it served to poetically or specifically evoke a sense of deep, appetizing fragrance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+99A3 |
| 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 | 馣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 馣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA6 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x99A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000099A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u99a3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EF56 |
| kCCCII | 23523B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6062 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6062 |
| kCangjie | HAKLU |
| kCantonese | am1 |
| kCihaiT | 1497.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1956.080 |
| kEACC | 23523B |
| kFanqie | 烏含 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2461.6 |
| kGB5 | 8815 |
| kHangul | 암:1N |
| kHanYu | 74424.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74424.110:ān |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1956.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74424.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1429.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-782F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EF56 |
| kIRG_JSource | J4-7C6C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-893C |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-664D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6062 |
| kJapanese | アン オン エン オウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,92,76 |
| kKangXi | 1429.190 |
| kKorean | AM |
| kMandarin | ān |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028608 |
| kMorohashi | 44542 |
| kPhonetic | 1562* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18975+186.9.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 186.8 |
| kSBGY | 222.02 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7454 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 314:321 |