U+9EF5 "黵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

黵

U+9EF5 "黵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of "to dye" or "to stain," often implying a dark or blackened coloration, and it can also refer to tattooing or marking the skin in historical contexts. It is composed of the radical 黑 (black) on one side, reflecting its association with dark colors or ink, combined with a phonetic component that suggests its pronunciation, which in Mandarin is typically read as "zhǎn" or "dǎn." While not common in modern standard Chinese, it appears in classical texts and specialized vocabulary, such as in descriptions of traditional ink-making or punitive tattooing practices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9EF5
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	黵
HTML Hex Encoding	黵
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBB 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9EF5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009EF5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9ef5

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	F964
kCCCII	235E6E
kCNS1986	2-7153
kCNS1992	2-7153
kCangjie	WFNCR
kCantonese	daam2
kCihaiT	1564.406
kDaeJaweon	2057.220
kDefinition	to soil, stain
kFanqie	都敢
kFourCornerCode	6736.1
kGB3	9249
kHangul	담:1N
kHanYu	74756.210
kHanyuPinyin	74756.210:dǎn,zhǎn
kIRGDaeJaweon	2057.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74756.210
kIRGKangXi	1522.170
kIRG_GSource	G3-7C51
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F964
kIRG_JSource	J1-6C7E
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-914A
kIRG_KSource	K1-5C7D
kIRG_TSource	T2-7153
kJapanese	タンセン
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	HAGARERU
kJapaneseOn	TAN SEN
kJis1	7694
kKangXi	1522.170
kKorean	TAM
kMandarin	zhǎn
kMojiJoho	MJ029939
kMorohashi	48215
kPhonetic	179*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+23033+203.12.13
kRSUnicode	203.13
kSBGY	332.46
kSMSZD2003Index	827.05
kSMSZD2003Readings	zhǎn粵zaam2 dǎn粵daam2
kTotalStrokes	25
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXHC1983	1451.120:zhǎn