U+6206 "戆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6206 "戆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character used in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese, as well as in Japanese and Korean, where it is generally pronounced like "gàng" in Mandarin and carries meanings related to foolishness, simplicity, or stubbornness. This character is composed of two main components, typically incorporating the "heart" radical at the bottom which relates to emotion or disposition, and the upper part suggesting a phonetic or semantic element. In classical and modern usage, "戆" often describes a person who is naive, blunt, or recklessly honest, sometimes with a connotation of endearing foolishness rather than deep malice.

General Properties

Code Point U+6206
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 戆
HTML Hex Encoding 戆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x88 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6206
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006206
C/C++/Java Escape \u6206

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

kCCCII 282F43
kCangjie YOP
kCantonese zong3
kDefinition stupid, simple, simple-minded
kEACC 282F43
kFourCornerCode 0733
kGB0 7716
kHanYu 42372.240
kIICore CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42372.240
kIRGKangXi 0409.291
kIRG_GSource G0-6D30
kTGH 2013:6498
kKangXi 0409.291
kMainlandTelegraph 2045
kMandarin gàng
kRSUnicode 61.21
kSMSZD2003Index 234.09
kTGHZ2013 108.100:gàng 488.060:zhuàng
kTotalStrokes 25
kTraditionalVariant "戇" U+6207 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0362.050:gàng 1523.030:zhuàng