# 剀 U+5240 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5240

A Chinese character meaning “sharpen; carefully, thorough”, read kǎi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `剀` |
| Codepoint | U+5240 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5240 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `剀` `剀` |
| CSS | `\5240` |
| JavaScript | `\u5240` |
| UTF-8 | E5 89 80 |
| UTF-16 | 5240 |
| Definition | sharpen; carefully, thorough |
| Mandarin | kǎi |
| Cantonese | hoi2 |

## Related characters

- 刿 [U+523F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523F](https://unicodekit.com/char/523F)
- 剁 [U+5241 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5241](https://unicodekit.com/char/5241)
- 刾 [U+523E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523E](https://unicodekit.com/char/523E)
- 剂 [U+5242 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5242](https://unicodekit.com/char/5242)
- 刽 [U+523D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523D](https://unicodekit.com/char/523D)
- 剃 [U+5243 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5243](https://unicodekit.com/char/5243)
- 刼 [U+523C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523C](https://unicodekit.com/char/523C)
- 剄 [U+5244 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5244](https://unicodekit.com/char/5244)
- 刻 [U+523B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523B](https://unicodekit.com/char/523B)
- 剅 [U+5245 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5245](https://unicodekit.com/char/5245)
- 刺 [U+523A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523A](https://unicodekit.com/char/523A)
- 剆 [U+5246 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5246](https://unicodekit.com/char/5246)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5240 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5240