# 剡 U+5261 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5261

A Chinese character meaning “sharp, sharp-pointed; sharpen”, read shàn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `剡` |
| Codepoint | U+5261 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5261 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#21089;` `&#x5261;` |
| CSS | `\5261` |
| JavaScript | `\u5261` |
| UTF-8 | E5 89 A1 |
| UTF-16 | 5261 |
| Definition | sharp, sharp-pointed; sharpen |
| Mandarin | shàn |
| Cantonese | jim5 |
| Japanese | EN SEN ZEN SURUDOI SORUDOKUSURU KEZURU |
| Korean | SEM |

## Related characters

- 剠 [U+5260 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5260](https://unicodekit.com/char/5260)
- 剢 [U+5262 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5262](https://unicodekit.com/char/5262)
- 剟 [U+525F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525F](https://unicodekit.com/char/525F)
- 剣 [U+5263 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5263](https://unicodekit.com/char/5263)
- 剞 [U+525E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525E](https://unicodekit.com/char/525E)
- 剤 [U+5264 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5264](https://unicodekit.com/char/5264)
- 剝 [U+525D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525D](https://unicodekit.com/char/525D)
- 剥 [U+5265 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5265](https://unicodekit.com/char/5265)
- 剜 [U+525C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525C](https://unicodekit.com/char/525C)
- 剦 [U+5266 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5266](https://unicodekit.com/char/5266)
- 剛 [U+525B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525B](https://unicodekit.com/char/525B)
- 剧 [U+5267 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5267](https://unicodekit.com/char/5267)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5261 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5261
