U+9E7C "鹼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+9E7C "鹼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes an alkaline substance, often referring to lye or soda ash, and is commonly used in contexts such as chemistry, cooking, and traditional medicine to describe compounds with basic pH properties. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "鹼性" (alkaline) and is a key component in the names of certain minerals and industrial chemicals. The character is composed of the radical for "salt" (鹵) combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its historical association with salts and earthy minerals. It belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block and is used across these languages, though with varying pronunciation and specific meanings, such as in Japanese where it also refers to alkali or base substances.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
鹼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
鹼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0xB9 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x9E7C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00009E7C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u9e7c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
C650 |
| kCCCII |
216252 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7C7B |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7C7B |
| kCangjie |
YWOMO |
| kCantonese |
gaan2 |
| kCihaiT |
1548.401 |
| kCowles |
1472 |
| kDaeJaweon |
2036.050 |
| kDefinition |
alkaline, alkali, lye, salt |
| kEACC |
216252 |
| kFanqie |
七廉 古斬 |
| kFenn |
440F |
| kFennIndex |
60.03 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2868.6 |
| kGB1 |
2879 |
| kGradeLevel |
3 |
| kHanYu |
74611.210 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
jiǎn(31) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
74611.210:jiǎn |
| kHKGlyph |
4703 |
| kIICore |
ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
2036.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
74611.210 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1508.040 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-3C6F |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-C650 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J13-7E6A |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-8FF9 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K2-736C |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7C7B |
| kJapanese |
カン ゲン セン ケン |
| kJIS0213 |
1,94,74 |
| kJapaneseKun |
AKU |
| kJapaneseOn |
KEN KAN SEN |
| kJis1 |
7659 |
| kKangXi |
1508.040 |
| kLau |
811 |
| kMandarin |
jiǎn |
| kMatthews |
852 |
| kMeyerWempe |
972 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ029776 |
| kMorohashi |
47576 |
| kNelson |
5374 |
| kPhonetic |
182 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+7677+197.11.13 |
| kRSUnicode |
197.13 |
| kSBGY |
226.16 336.45 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+583F<kFenn U+78B1<kLau U+9E7B<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"硷" U+7877 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
820.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
jiǎn粵gaan2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
7769 |
| kTotalStrokes |
24 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJMT |
| kXerox |
257:041 |
| kXHC1983 |
0553.072:jiǎn |