U+6158 "慘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

慘

U+6158 "慘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that conveys meanings of cruelty, misery, or extreme sorrow, often used in contexts describing tragic events, harsh conditions, or deep emotional distress. In modern usage, it appears in words like "慘烈" (tragic and fierce) and "悲慘" (miserable), reflecting its historical roots in classical Chinese texts where it depicted something bleak or severe. The character is composed of the radical for heart or emotion, indicating its connection to inner feelings, alongside phonetic components that guide its pronunciation as "cǎn" in Mandarin. Its simplified counterpart, "惨", is more common in mainland China, while the traditional form remains standard in regions such as Taiwan and Hong Kong, underscoring the character's resilience in conveying a powerful sense of human suffering across different writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6158
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	慘
HTML Hex Encoding	慘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x85 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6158
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006158
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6158

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	BA47
kCCCII	213F38
kCNS1986	1-686E
kCNS1992	1-686E
kCangjie	PIIH
kCantonese	caam2
kCihaiT	541.601
kCowles	4684
kDaeJaweon	0738.030
kDefinition	sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
kEACC	213F38
kFanqie	七感
kFenn	282G
kFennIndex	543.06
kFourCornerCode	9302.2
kGB1	1850
kGradeLevel	3
kGSR	0647e
kHangul	참:0E
kHanYu	42348.110
kHanyuPinlu	cǎn(51)
kHanyuPinyin	42348.110:cǎn
kHKGlyph	1410
kIICore	ATHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0738.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42348.110
kIRGKangXi	0398.380
kIRG_GSource	G1-3252
kIRG_HSource	HB1-BA47
kIRG_JSource	J0-584E
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-ECD5
kIRG_KSource	K0-7353
kIRG_TSource	T1-686E
kIRG_VSource	V1-5570
kJapanese	サンシンザンみじめ
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kJapaneseKun	MIJIME
kJapaneseOn	SAN ZAN
kJis0	5646
kKangXi	0398.380
kKorean	CHAM CHIM
kLau	175
kMandarin	cǎn
kMatthews	6686
kMeyerWempe	3229
kMojiJoho	MJ011825
kMorohashi	11094
kNelson	1744
kPhonetic	23*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4887+61.3.11
kRSUnicode	61.11
kSBGY	331.08
kSimplifiedVariant	"惨" U+60E8 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	229.17
kSMSZD2003Readings	cǎn粵caam2
kTaiwanTelegraph	1971
kTang	*tsǒm
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kVietnamese	thảm
kXerox	250:320
kXHC1983	0104.021:cǎn