U+9419 "鐙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+9419 "鐙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically meaning a stirrup, a foot support used in horse riding, or sometimes a type of metal lamp or candle holder. In modern usage, it appears in specialized or literary contexts, such as in the word 鐙骨 (dèng gǔ), which is the Chinese name for the stapes bone in the human ear, reflecting its connection to the stirrup's shape. The character is composed of the radical 釒 (gold or metal) and the phonetic component 登 (dēng, meaning to ascend), indicating both its material association and its pronunciation. It is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, supporting text in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems where this character may appear in historical or technical vocabulary.