U+9426 "鐦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9426 "鐦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in the context of chemistry, where it represents the element californium, a synthetic radioactive metal with the atomic number 98, and is read as "kāi" in Mandarin. This character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, though its usage is rare and highly specialized outside of scientific or technical references. Its composition follows the standard structure of a metal radical (金, meaning "gold" or "metal") combined with a phonetic component, indicating both its semantic domain and pronunciation.