U+5DFE "巾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
巾
U+5DFE "巾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a radical and character in the Chinese writing system that primarily means "towel" or "cloth," originating from ancient pictographs depicting a piece of fabric hanging from a frame. It serves as a common component in numerous compound characters, often relating to textiles, clothing, or coverings, such as in words for "curtain," "hankerchief," or "silk." In modern usage, "巾" appears in everyday vocabulary, including terms like "毛巾" (towel) and "纸巾" (tissue), and its structural role as a radical helps organize and define meanings within the vast lexicon of CJK characters, reflecting its historical and practical significance in East Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5DFE |
| 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 | 巾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 巾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB7 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5DFE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005DFE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5dfe |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A479 |
| kCCCII | 213C43 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-445A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-445A |
| kCangjie | LB |
| kCantonese | gan1 |
| kCihaiT | 470.302 |
| kCowles | 1537 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0632.090 |
| kDefinition | kerchief; towel; turban; Kangxi radical 50 |
| kEACC | 213C43 |
| kFanqie | 居銀 |
| kFenn | 557A |
| kFennIndex | 74.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4022.7 |
| kGB0 | 2977 |
| kGB1 | 2977 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0482a |
| kHangul | 건:0N |
| kHanYu | 10727.170 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jīn(86) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10727.170:jīn |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⼱[U+2F31]:10727.170 |
| kHKGlyph | 1146 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0632.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10727.170 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0327.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3D6D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A479 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3652 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CED5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4B6E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-445A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5364 |
| kJapanese | キン コン はば おおい きれ ちきり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:40 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUKIN OOI HABA |
| kJapaneseOn | KIN |
| kJis0 | 2250 |
| kKangXi | 0327.200 |
| kKarlgren | 384 |
| kKorean | KEN |
| kLau | 844 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1577 |
| kMandarin | jīn |
| kMatthews | 1056 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1031 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010803 |
| kMorohashi | 08771 |
| kNelson | 1467 |
| kPhonetic | 570 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1738+50.3.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 50.0 |
| kSBGY | 105.27 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 192.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jīn粵gan1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1577 |
| kTang | *gin |
| kTGHZ2013 | 175.110:jīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 3 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | cân |
| kXerox | 251:326 |
| kXHC1983 | 0585.040:jīn |