U+937C "鍼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

鍼
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+937C "鍼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means "needle" or "pin," often referring to a sewing needle or, in a medical context, an acupuncture needle. This character is composed of the radical for metal (金) on the left, indicating its connection to metallic objects, and a phonetic component on the right. It is used in both traditional Chinese and Japanese kanji, where it appears in words related to sewing, surgery, or traditional medicine. In modern usage, it is less common than its simplified counterpart "针" in mainland China, but it remains relevant in classical texts and specialized fields.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+937C
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
鍼
HTML Hex Encoding
鍼
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0x8D 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x937C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000937C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u937c

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
EED3
kCCCII
234556
kCNS1986
2-6021
kCNS1992
2-6021
kCangjie
CIHR
kCantonese
kim4
kCihaiT
1388.401
kCowles
125
kDaeJaweon
1815.330
kDefinition
needle, pin, tack; prick; inject
kEACC
234556
kFanqie
職深 巨淹 巨鹽
kFenn
344B
kFennIndex
24.03
kFourCornerCode
8315.0
kGSR
0671o
kHangul
침:0N
kHanYu
64229.020
kHanyuPinyin
64229.020:zhēn,qián
kIICore
AJKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64229.020
kIRG_GSource
GE-5159
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EED3
kIRG_JSource
J0-6F2A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EFB2
kIRG_KSource
K0-765D
kIRG_TSource
T2-6021
kIRG_VSource
V1-6A59
kJapanese
シン ケン ゲン カン はり さす
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
HARI SASU
kJapaneseOn
SHIN
kJis0
7910
kKangXi
1315.270
kKarlgren
148
kKorean
CHIM KAM
kLau
1322
kMandarin
zhēn
kMatthews
311
kMeyerWempe
136
kMojiJoho
MJ027078
kMorohashi
40667
kNelson
4893
kPhonetic
419
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7013+167.8.9
kRSUnicode
167.9
kSBGY
217.31 228.10 228.32
kSemanticVariant
U+7BB4<kMeyerWempe U+91DD<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant
"𰾗" U+30F97 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index
733.11
kTaiwanTelegraph
6944
kTang
*jim
kTotalStrokes
17
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
châm
kXerox
307:262
kXHC1983
1467.091:zhēn