U+517C "兼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+517C "兼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "both," "and," "concurrently," or "to combine," often conveying the idea of holding two things together or covering multiple aspects at once. Its etymology traces to an ancient pictograph depicting a hand grasping two stalks of grain, visually representing the notion of simultaneous possession. In modern usage, it appears in terms like 兼職 (part-time job, literally "concurrent position") and 兼容 (compatible, literally "both accommodate"), and it is also notably the second character in the name of the philosopher Mozi (墨子, Mozi, where 子 is an honorific). The character is classified as part of the Kangxi radical 八 ("eight") or sometimes under 冂 ("down box") in radical-based dictionaries, and it is widely used across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
兼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
兼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x85 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x517C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000517C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u517c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
ADDD |
| kCCCII |
21332D |
| kCNS1986 |
1-5440 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-5440 |
| kCangjie |
TXC |
| kCantonese |
gim1 |
| kCihaiT |
162.602 |
| kCowles |
1655 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0288.140 |
| kDefinition |
unite, combine; connect; and |
| kEACC |
21332D |
| kFanqie |
古甜 古念 |
| kFenn |
671F |
| kFennIndex |
59.05 |
| kFourCornerCode |
8023.7 |
| kGB0 |
2870 |
| kGB1 |
2870 |
| kGradeLevel |
4 |
| kGSR |
0627a |
| kHangul |
겸:0E |
| kHanYu |
10249.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
jiān(40) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10249.080:jiān |
| kHKGlyph |
0291 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0288.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10249.080 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0128.110 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-3C66 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-ADDD |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3773 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-CFA6 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-4C42 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-5440 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4C50 |
| kJapanese |
ケン かねる かねて |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:2056 |
| kJapaneseKun |
KANERU KANETE |
| kJapaneseOn |
KEN |
| kJis0 |
2383 |
| kKangXi |
0128.110 |
| kKarlgren |
374 |
| kKorean |
KYEM |
| kLau |
904 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0369 |
| kMandarin |
jiān |
| kMatthews |
830 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1141 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ007297 MJ007297:E0102 MJ007298:E0103 MJ007296:E0104 MJ056985:E0105 MJ056989:E0106 |
| kMorohashi |
01483:E0104 |
| kNelson |
0598 |
| kPhonetic |
615 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1865+12.2.8 V+13748+12.2.8 |
| kRSUnicode |
12.8 |
| kSBGY |
229.07 444.50 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
49.02 49.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
jiān粵gim1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0369 |
| kTang |
*gem gem |
| kTGHZ2013 |
163.070:jiān |
| kTotalStrokes |
10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
kiêm |
| kXerox |
251:351 |
| kXHC1983 |
0546.060:jiān |