U+5231 "刱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+5231 "刱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to start" or "to initiate" and is often associated with the concept of beginning or creating something new. Historically, it has been used in classical Chinese texts to denote the act of establishing or founding, sometimes carrying connotations of innovation or the pioneering of an endeavor. Its structure combines the "knife" radical (刂) with other components, reflecting its etymological roots in actions involving sharp tools or decisive actions. This character is relatively rare in modern usage but appears in literary or historical contexts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5231
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
刱
HTML Hex Encoding
刱
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x88 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5231
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005231
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5231
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
CBD4
kCCCII
216B33
kCNS1986
2-2554
kCNS1992
2-2554
kCangjie
TTSHI
kCantonese
cong3
kCihaiT
181.601
kCowles
585
kDaeJaweon
0315.030
kDefinition
establish, create; knife cut
kEACC
2D6B33
kFourCornerCode
8745.0
kGB5
2003
kHangul
창:1N
kHanYu
10332.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10332.060
kIRG_GSource
G5-3423
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CBD4
kIRG_JSource
J1-333A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-37CE
kIRG_KSource
K1-6E68
kIRG_TSource
T2-2554
kJapanese
ソウ ショウ はじめる
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
HAJIMERU KIZUTSUKU
kJapaneseOn
SOU SHOU
kJis1
1926
kKangXi
0138.390
kKorean
CHANG
kMandarin
chuàng
kMeyerWempe
341
kMojiJoho
MJ007505
kMorohashi
01953
kPhonetic
103
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19187+18.2.6
kRSUnicode
18.6
kSBGY
426.16
kSemanticVariant
U+5275<kHanYu:TZ,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index
60.03
kTotalStrokes
8
kUnihanCore2020
HMT
kXerox
322:143