U+6168 "慨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6168 "慨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys meanings related to deep emotion, indignation, or generous sentiment, often translated as “to sigh with emotion,” “to be stirred,” or “vehement.” It appears in classical and modern Chinese texts in words like “感慨” (gǎn kǎi, to sigh emotionally) and “慷慨” (kāng kǎi, generous or fervent), reflecting a sense of passionate response to events or sacrifices. The character is composed of the radical “心” (heart or mind) on the left, indicating emotional or psychological context, and the phonetic component “既” on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as “kǎi” in Mandarin. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is used across various East Asian writing systems, including Japanese and Korean, where it similarly expresses notions of sorrow, excitement, or magnanimity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6168
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	慨
HTML Hex Encoding	慨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x85 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6168
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006168
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6168

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	B46E
kCCCII	213F22
kCNS1986	1-5F35
kCNS1992	1-5F35
kCangjie	PAIU
kCantonese	koi3
kCihaiT	542.501
kDaeJaweon	0739.110
kDefinition	sigh, regret; generous
kEACC	333F22
kFanqie	苦蓋
kFenn	366G
kFennIndex	237.05
kFourCornerCode	9101.4
kGB0	3114
kGB1	3114
kGradeLevel	5
kGSR	0515n
kHangul	개:0E
kHanYu	42331.120
kHanyuPinlu	kǎi(33)
kHanyuPinyin	42331.120:kǎi
kHKGlyph	1374
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0739.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42331.120
kIRGKangXi	0399.240
kIRG_GSource	G0-3F2E
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B46E
kIRG_JSource	J0-3334
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D3A5
kIRG_KSource	K0-4B46
kIRG_TSource	T1-5F35
kIRG_VSource	V1-5577
kJapanese	ガイ カイ なげく
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:2778
kJapaneseKun	NAGEKU
kJapaneseOn	GAI KAI
kJis0	1920
kKangXi	0399.240
kKarlgren	324
kKorean	KAY
kMainlandTelegraph	1980
kMandarin	kǎi
kMatthews	3210
kMeyerWempe	1212c
kMojiJoho	MJ011849 MJ030258:FE00 MJ011849:E0106 MJ011853:E0107 MJ030258:E0108 MJ011852:E0109 MJ011851:E010A MJ011856:E010B MJ011850:E010D MJ011854:E010E MJ011855:E010F
kMorohashi	11122:E0107 H189:E0109
kNelson	1741 1761
kPhonetic	599B
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1426+61.3.10 V+13422+61.3.10 V+13676+61.3.12 V+13677+61.3.11 V+13678+61.3.9
kRSUnicode	61.9
kSBGY	390.22
kSMSZD2003Index	228.04 231.02
kSMSZD2003Readings	kǎi粵koi3
kTaiwanTelegraph	1980
kTang	kə̀i
kTGHZ2013	192.090:kǎi
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	khái
kXerox	253:246
kXHC1983	0631.010:kǎi