U+53B5 "厵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+53B5 "厵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that serves as an archaic or variant form of the character 源, which means "source" or "origin." It is composed of three instances of the radical 厂 (cliff or factory) arranged in a triangular pattern, but its structure is more complex, incorporating elements that suggest water flowing from a spring. In classical texts, this character appears primarily as a logographic representation of a natural water source, though it is virtually obsolete in modern Chinese writing, where it has been largely replaced by the standard 源. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block reflects the Unicode standard’s effort to preserve historical and rare characters from East Asian scripts, even those with limited contemporary usage.