U+9549 "镉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9549 "镉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that represents the chemical element cadmium, a soft, bluish-white metal used in batteries, pigments, and electroplating. In modern Chinese, it is typically used in scientific and industrial contexts to refer to this toxic heavy metal, while historically it may have been associated with the concept of a cauldron or a type of cooking vessel, though this usage is now obscure. The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 167 for metal (钅), reflecting its material nature, and it appears in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese writing systems.