U+5374 "却" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
却
U+5374 "却" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an adverb or conjunction in modern Mandarin, conveying the meaning of "but," "yet," or "however," while also carrying the sense of "to retreat," "to decline," or "to reject" in Classical Chinese and certain compound words. In its adverbial role, it introduces a contrast or unexpected turn in a sentence, similar to the English "nevertheless," and is commonly used in written and formal speech. Its traditional form, 卻, is also used in some contexts, but the simplified character 却 is standard in mainland China, with the character originating as a depiction of kneeling or yielding, reflecting its historical associations with withdrawal or refusal.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5374 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 却 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 却 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5374 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005374 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5374 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2D3473 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2467 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2467 |
| kCangjie | GISL |
| kCantonese | koek3 |
| kCihaiT | 226.603 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0364.080 |
| kDefinition | still, but; decline; retreat |
| kEACC | 2D3473 |
| kFanqie | 去約 |
| kFenn | 44B |
| kFennIndex | 122.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4772.0 |
| kGB0 | 4020 |
| kGB1 | 4020 |
| kGSR | 0776c |
| kHangul | 각:0E |
| kHanYu | 10313.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | què(1157) |
| kIICore | AGJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0364.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10313.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0159.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4834 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FAD2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3551 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDBE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A3F |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2467 |
| kJapanese | キャク かえって しりぞく しりぞける |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:658 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIRIZOKU SHIRIZOKERU KAETTE |
| kJapaneseOn | KYAKU |
| kJis0 | 2149 |
| kKangXi | 0159.190 |
| kKarlgren | 506A |
| kKorean | KAK |
| kLau | 1690 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0606 |
| kMandarin | què |
| kMatthews | 1183 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1127a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007894 |
| kMorohashi | 02856 |
| kNelson | 0808 |
| kPhonetic | 519 606 681 739 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1643+26.2.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 26.5 |
| kSBGY | 502.32 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+537B<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "却" U+5374 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 78.04 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0606 |
| kTang | *kiɑk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 310.190:què |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "却" U+5374 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "卻" U+537B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKP |
| kXHC1983 | 0951.050:què |