U+9BD6 "鯖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鯖
U+9BD6 "鯖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the mackerel fish, a term commonly used in East Asian languages including Japanese and Korean where it refers to the same species. In Japanese, it is read as "saba" and is a staple ingredient in dishes like sushi and grilled preparations, while in Chinese it is typically pronounced "qing" or "zheng" depending on region and context. This ideograph is composed of the radical for fish on the left, indicating its aquatic meaning, and a phonetic component on the right. As a unified CJK character, it appears in various East Asian writing systems with consistent semantic usage across languages, reflecting the cultural importance of mackerel as a food source.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9BD6 |
| 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 | 鯖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鯖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xAF 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9BD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009BD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9bd6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C44A |
| kCCCII | 23577A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7956 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7956 |
| kCangjie | NFQMB |
| kCantonese | cing1 |
| kCihaiT | 1529.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2004.160 |
| kDefinition | mackerel |
| kEACC | 47577A |
| kFanqie | 諸盈 倉經 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2532.7 |
| kGB1 | 8675 |
| kHangul | 청:0N |
| kHanYu | 74694.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74694.030:zhēng,qīng |
| kIICore | ATJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2004.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74694.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1472.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-766B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C44A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B2A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDDF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-746D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7956 |
| kJapanese | セイ ショウ エイ ヨウ さば |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SABA |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI |
| kJis0 | 2710 |
| kKangXi | 1472.030 |
| kKorean | CHENG |
| kMandarin | zhēng |
| kMatthews | 1173 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029195 MJ029195:E0102 MJ029194:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 46210:E0103 |
| kNelson | 5301 |
| kPhonetic | 203 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2168+174.8.11 C+2168+195.11.8 V+7689+174.8.11 V+7689+195.11.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 195.8 |
| kSBGY | 192.15 193.33 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "鲭" U+9CAD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 801.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qīng粵cing1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7645 |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 273:047 |