U+606D "恭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

恭

U+606D "恭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of respect, reverence, or politeness, often used in compound words such as "恭敬" meaning respectful or "恭贺" meaning congratulations. Composed of the radical 心 or 忄 (heart/mind) and the phonetic component 共 (shared/common), it conveys a sense of sincere regard and humble demeanor from the heart. This character appears in both traditional and simplified Chinese writing systems, and it is commonly found in formal greetings, ceremonial expressions, and phrases emphasizing deference, such as in birthday wishes or New Year blessings. Its usage extends across various East Asian cultures that use Chinese characters, including Japanese (where it is read as "kyō" or "uyamau") and Korean, maintaining its core meaning of courteous respect.

General Properties

Code Point	U+606D
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	恭
HTML Hex Encoding	恭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x81 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x606D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000606D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u606d

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	AEA5
kCCCII	213E3E
kCNS1986	1-5547
kCNS1992	1-5547
kCangjie	TCP
kCantonese	gung1
kCihaiT	530.402
kCowles	1881
kDaeJaweon	0717.050
kDefinition	respectful, polite, reverent
kEACC	213E3E
kFanqie	九容
kFenn	95B
kFennIndex	278.01
kFourCornerCode	4433.8
kGB0	2507
kGB1	2507
kGradeLevel	4
kGSR	1182l
kHangul	공:0E
kHanYu	42299.090
kHanyuPinyin	42299.090:gōng
kHKGlyph	1335
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0717.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42299.090
kIRGKangXi	0385.150
kIRG_GSource	G0-3927
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AEA5
kIRG_JSource	J0-3633
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D0BD
kIRG_KSource	K0-4D71
kIRG_TSource	T1-5547
kIRG_VSource	V1-553F
kJapanese	キョウクうやうやしい
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:1820
kJapaneseKun	UYAUYASHII
kJapaneseOn	KYOU
kJis0	2219
kKangXi	0385.150
kKarlgren	474
kKorean	KONG
kLau	1001
kMainlandTelegraph	1872
kMandarin	gōng
kMatthews	3711
kMeyerWempe	1335
kMojiJoho	MJ011551
kMorohashi	10596
kNelson	1680
kPhonetic	693
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1707+61.4.6
kRSUnicode	61.6
kSBGY	037.55
kSMSZD2003Index	222.13
kSMSZD2003Readings	gōng粵gung1
kTaiwanTelegraph	1872
kTang	giung
kTGHZ2013	114.070:gōng
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	cung
kXerox	247:335
kXHC1983	0382.060:gōng