U+9655 "陕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9655 "陕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily serves as a simplified form of the traditional character "陝." It is used as an abbreviation for Shaanxi province in China, particularly in contexts where the full name is shortened, such as in transportation codes or administrative references. The character carries the meaning of a narrow pass or a defile, derived from its original reference to a mountain pass in the region, and it is commonly found in geographic names and historical texts related to the Guanzhong area. In modern usage, "陕" appears in official designations like "陕西" (Shaanxi) and is an essential component of Chinese writing and computing systems, where it is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard.