U+9CAD "鲭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+9CAD "鲭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that represents a type of fish, specifically the mackerel or chub mackerel, and it is commonly used in modern Mandarin and Japanese writing to refer to various species within the Scombridae family. In Chinese, it is pronounced "qīng" and appears in terms like "鲭鱼" (qīngyú) meaning mackerel, while in Japanese, it is read "saba" and is a staple ingredient in dishes such as grilled mackerel or sushi. The character is composed of the radical for "fish" (鱼) on the left, indicating its aquatic meaning, and a phonetic component (青) on the right, which hints at its pronunciation and also carries the connotation of "blue" or "green," referencing the fish's coloring. Historically, this character has been documented in ancient Chinese texts, including the "Shuowen Jiezi" dictionary from the Han dynasty, where it was classified under the fish radical with a description of a common edible marine fish. Thus, U+9CAD serves as a practic
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
鲭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
鲭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0xB2 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x9CAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00009CAD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u9cad |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
29577A |
| kCangjie |
NMQMB |
| kCantonese |
cing1 |
| kDefinition |
mackerel |
| kEACC |
29577A |
| kFourCornerCode |
2512 |
| kGB0 |
8675 |
| kHanYu |
74694.040 |
| kIICore |
CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
74694.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-766B |
| kTGH |
2013:7885 |
| kKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
7645 |
| kMandarin |
qīng |
| kPhonetic |
203* |
| kRSUnicode |
195'.8 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
304.010:qīng |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"鯖" U+9BD6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0932.030:qīng 1472.020:zhēng |