U+59DC "姜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+59DC "姜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the meaning of ginger, the spice derived from the plant Zingiber officinale, and it is also a common Chinese surname. In its historical and linguistic context, this character is composed of the radical for "grass" or "plant" on top and a phonetic component below, reflecting its agricultural and culinary associations. The character is used in modern Mandarin Chinese and other East Asian languages, often appearing in traditional texts related to herbal medicine and cooking, and it carries cultural significance as a symbol of warmth and health in various East Asian traditions.
General Properties
Code Point
U+59DC
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
姜
HTML Hex Encoding
姜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0xA7 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x59DC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000059DC
C/C++/Java Escape
\u59dc
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
ABB8
kCCCII
213968
kCNS1986
1-505A
kCNS1992
1-505A
kCangjie
TGV
kCantonese
goeng1
kCihaiT
383.501
kCowles
1644
kDaeJaweon
0525.210
kDefinition
surname; ginger
kEACC
275624
kFanqie
居良
kFenn
151H
kFennIndex
45.03
kFourCornerCode
8040.4
kGB0
2910
kGB1
2910
kGSR
0711a
kHangul
강:0N
kHanYu
21047.110
kHanyuPinlu
jiāng(13)
kHanyuPinyin
21047.110:jiāng
kHKGlyph
0901
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21047.110
kIRG_GSource
G0-3D2A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-ABB8
kIRG_JSource
J0-552A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CEAA
kIRG_KSource
K0-4B29
kIRG_TSource
T1-505A
kJapanese
キョウ コウ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:1643
kJapaneseKun
TSUYOI
kJapaneseOn
KYOU
kJis0
5310
kKangXi
0259.200
kKarlgren
352
kKorean
KANG
kMainlandTelegraph
1203
kMandarin
jiāng
kMatthews
637
kMeyerWempe
1130c
kMojiJoho
MJ009653
kMorohashi
06205
kNelson
3657
kPhonetic
607 609 1530
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4569+38.3.6 C+4569+123.6.3
kRSUnicode
38.6
kSBGY
174.11
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
155.12 538.01
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiāng粵goeng1
kTaiwanTelegraph
1203
kTGHZ2013
166.160,166.170:jiāng
kTotalStrokes
9
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
262:275
kXHC1983
0560.050:jiāng