U+9558 "镘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9558 "镘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a plasterer's trowel or a tool used for smoothing surfaces in construction, such as in bricklaying or plastering. In modern usage, it also appears in the word "镘刀" specifically denoting a trowel tool. The character belongs to the metal radical 钅, reflecting its original association with metal tools, and is classified under the Kangxi radical 167, with its pronunciation in Mandarin being "màn." Its structure combines the semantic component for metal with a phonetic element, illustrating the typical formation of many CJK ideographs.