U+97C2 "韂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+97C2 "韂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used in literary and historical contexts, primarily meaning a "saddle blanket" or "saddle cloth," referring to a protective covering placed under a horse's saddle. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, encoded for compatibility across East Asian writing systems. Its composition reflects its semantic connection to leather or hide, due to the radical "革" (leather) on the left, while the phonetic component on the right provides a clue to its pronunciation in Mandarin, which is approximately "chàn." Although rare in modern everyday usage, it appears in classical texts, equestrian terminology, and historical records, preserving a specialized aspect of material culture related to horsemanship.