U+9C8A "鲊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9C8A "鲊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing a type of salted or fermented fish, often used in the context of traditional cuisine. Its components include the radical 鱼 (yú), meaning fish, paired with phonetic elements that convey its pronunciation. This character appears in Classical Chinese texts and remains relevant in modern usage, particularly in regional dishes like 鲊菜 (pickled fish vegetables). Its encoding as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures compatibility across digital platforms for documentation and communication in East Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+9C8A
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 鲊
HTML Hex Encoding 鲊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xB2 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9C8A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009C8A
C/C++/Java Escape \u9c8a

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 29572E
kCangjie NMOS
kCantonese zaa2
kDefinition minced and salted fish; to preserve
kFourCornerCode 2811.1
kGB8 1317
kHanYu 74682.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74682.010
kIRGKangXi 1480.511
kIRG_GSource G8-2D31
kTGH 2013:7558
kJapaneseKun SUSHI
kJapaneseOn SA
kKangXi 1480.511
kMainlandTelegraph 7633
kMandarin zhǎ
kPhonetic 10*
kRSUnicode 195'.5
kTGHZ2013 462.170:zhǎ
kTotalStrokes 13
kTraditionalVariant "鮓" U+9B93 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1448.100:zhǎ