U+9896 "颖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9896 "颖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes something pointed, sharp, or tapering, such as the tip of a grain head, and by extension carries connotations of cleverness, brilliance, or outstanding ability, as seen in words like "聪颖" meaning intelligent or gifted. Its structure combines the radical for grain or rice on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting both its agricultural roots and its broader use in Chinese and Japanese kanji to describe sharp insight or physical shape.