U+57C2 "埂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
埂
U+57C2 "埂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means a low ridge or a raised path between fields, often used in agricultural contexts to refer to the earthen mounds that separate rice paddies or irrigated plots. It is composed of the radical "土" meaning earth or soil, combined with the phonetic component "更" which suggests its pronunciation as "gěng" in Mandarin. This character appears in classical and modern Chinese texts related to farming, geography, and land management, reflecting its practical role in describing the physical divisions and drainage systems of cultivated landscapes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+57C2 |
| 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 | 埂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 埂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x9F 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x57C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000057C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u57c2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE47 |
| kCCCII | 213836 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5469 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5469 |
| kCangjie | GMLK |
| kCantonese | gang2 |
| kCihaiT | 320.503 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0465.080 |
| kDefinition | ditches for irrigation; hole |
| kEACC | 213836 |
| kFanqie | 古行 古杏 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4114.6 |
| kGB0 | 2501 |
| kGB1 | 2501 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHanYu | 10443.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10443.080:gěng |
| kIICore | AGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0465.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10443.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0229.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3921 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE47 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-009049 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2A34 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5469 |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-3447 |
| kJapanese | コウ キョウ |
| kTGH | 2013:1784 |
| kJapaneseKun | ANA TSUTSUMI AZE |
| kJapaneseOn | KAU KYOU |
| kKangXi | 0229.180 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 8217 |
| kMandarin | gěng |
| kMatthews | 3348 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009049 |
| kMorohashi | 05106 |
| kPhonetic | 578 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.7 |
| kSBGY | 184.09 315.49 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 132.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gěng粵gang2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1006 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 113.030:gěng |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | ghềnh |
| kXerox | 277:261 |
| kXHC1983 | 0378.030:gěng |