U+59E6 "姦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+59E6 "姦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that originally denoted evil, wickedness, or treachery, and in classical texts often carried connotations of illicit sexual behavior, reflecting its composition of three "woman" radicals, which historically implied deception or corruption associated with women in patriarchal contexts. In modern usage, particularly within the Chinese language, the character has become largely synonymous with "奸" (jiān) and appears in words such as "強姦" (qiángjiān, meaning "rape") or "姦臣" (jiānchén, referring to a treacherous court official), though its frequency has diminished due to simplified Chinese reforms that favor the simpler form "奸." Its radical composition serves as a linguistic artifact of ancient Chinese attitudes, representing a concept of moral and social transgression through the visual stacking of female-associated components.

General Properties

Code Point U+59E6
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 姦
HTML Hex Encoding 姦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA7 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x59E6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000059E6
C/C++/Java Escape \u59e6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive ABC1
kCCCII 213971
kCNS1986 1-5063
kCNS1992 1-5063
kCangjie VVV
kCantonese gaan1
kCihaiT 384.107
kCowles 1466
kDaeJaweon 0526.090
kDefinition adultery, debauchery; debauch
kEACC 213971
kFanqie 古顔
kFenn 552E
kFennIndex 59.03
kFourCornerCode 4044.4
kGSR 0184a
kHangul 간:0E
kHanYu 21048.100
kHanyuPinyin 21048.100:jiān
kHKGlyph 0911
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0526.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21048.100
kIRGKangXi 0260.100
kIRG_GSource GE-3564
kIRG_HSource HB1-ABC1
kIRG_JSource J0-342F
kIRG_KPSource KP0-CDCD
kIRG_KSource K0-4A4D
kIRG_TSource T1-5063
kIRG_VSource V1-5179
kJapanese カン ケン かしましい みだら
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kJapaneseKun MIDARA KASHIMASHII
kJapaneseOn KAN KEN
kJis0 2015
kKangXi 0260.100
kKorean KAN
kLau 809
kMandarin jiān
kMatthews 817
kMeyerWempe 967
kMojiJoho MJ009664
kMorohashi 06217
kNelson 1217
kPhonetic 545
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1515+38.3.6
kRSUnicode 38.6
kSBGY 128.35
kSimplifiedVariant "奸" U+5978 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 156.07
kSMSZD2003Readings jiān粵gaan1
kTaiwanTelegraph 1211
kTang gan
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese gian
kXerox 257:322
kXHC1983 0549.041:jiān