U+9ED3 "黓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9ED3 "黓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that consists of the radical 黑 (meaning black or dark) on the left and the component 戈 (a spear or weapon) on the right, though its phonetic element is debated. In classical Chinese, particularly in ancient texts like the I Ching or certain historical records, this character is used as a name for the ninth Heavenly Stem (ren 壬) in a corrupt or alternative form, often associated with the color black and the concept of darkness or concealing. Its usage is rare in modern Chinese and Japanese, appearing primarily in specialized contexts such as classical literature, traditional calendars, or as part of historical nomenclature, making it an obscure character largely confined to scholarly or academic references.

General Properties

Code Point U+9ED3
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 黓
HTML Hex Encoding 黓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xBB 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9ED3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009ED3
C/C++/Java Escape \u9ed3

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

kBigFive E8F1
kCCCII 235E4C
kCNS1986 2-563C
kCNS1992 2-563C
kCangjie WFIP
kCantonese jik6
kCihaiT 1562.104
kDaeJaweon 2052.130
kDefinition black
kEACC 235E4C
kFanqie 與職
kFourCornerCode 6334.0
kGB3 9230
kHanYu 74744.010
kHanyuPinyin 74744.010:yì
kIRGDaeJaweon 2052.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74744.010
kIRGKangXi 1519.010
kIRG_GSource G3-7C3E
kIRG_HSource HB2-E8F1
kIRG_JSource JMJ-029895
kIRG_KPSource KP1-90E1
kIRG_KSource K2-7433
kIRG_TSource T2-563C
kJapanese ヨク ヨキ
kKangXi 1519.010
kMandarin
kMatthews 3020
kMojiJoho MJ029895
kMorohashi 48052
kPhonetic 1558
kRSUnicode 203.3
kSBGY 527.04
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 310:161