U+6216 "或" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6216 "或" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character commonly used in both classical and modern Chinese writing, where it primarily functions as a conjunction meaning "or" or "either." It also appears in compound words and phrases such as "或者" (huòzhě, meaning "or" or "perhaps") and can denote "some" or "maybe" in certain contexts. The character's structure combines a visual element representing a halberd or weapon with a component symbolizing enclosures, reflecting its historical roots in the concept of "uncertainty" or "choice" often associated with warfare or defense. In the Unicode standard, it is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is widely used in East Asian languages that employ Chinese characters, including Japanese (where it can also be read as "或" meaning "a certain" in literary contexts) and Korean (where it is part of classical vocabulary).

General Properties

Code Point U+6216
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 或
HTML Hex Encoding 或
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x88 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6216
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006216
C/C++/Java Escape \u6216

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 A9CE
kCCCII 213F65
kCNS1986 1-4D50
kCNS1992 1-4D50
kCangjie IRM
kCantonese waak6
kCihaiT 552.501
kCowles 4966
kDaeJaweon 0754.170
kDefinition or, either, else; perhaps, maybe
kEACC 213F65
kFanqie 胡國
kFenn 333B
kFennIndex 215.03
kFourCornerCode 5310.0
kGB0 2782
kGB1 2782
kGradeLevel 2
kGSR 0929a
kHangul 혹:0E
kHanYu 21402.080
kHanyuPinlu huò(1133)
kHanyuPinyin 21402.080:yù,huò
kHKGlyph 1460
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0754.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21402.080
kIRGKangXi 0412.180
kIRG_GSource G0-3B72
kIRG_HSource HB1-A9CE
kIRG_JSource J0-303F
kIRG_KPSource KP0-F4BF
kIRG_KSource K0-7B64
kIRG_TSource T1-4D50
kIRG_VSource V1-5639
kJapanese ワク コク ヨク イキ ある あるいは
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kTGH 2013:1035
kJapaneseKun ARU ARUIHA
kJapaneseOn WAKU IKI
kJis0 1631
kKangXi 0412.180
kKarlgren 118
kKorean HOK
kLau 3161
kMainlandTelegraph 2057
kMandarin huò
kMatthews 2402
kMeyerWempe 3699
kMojiJoho MJ012070
kMorohashi 11563
kNelson 1802
kPhonetic 743 1416
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1155+62.4.4
kRSUnicode 62.4
kSBGY 530.34
kSMSZD2003Index 235.12
kSMSZD2003Readings huò粵waak6
kTaiwanTelegraph 2057
kTang *huək
kTGHZ2013 151.080:huò
kTotalStrokes 8
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese hoặc
kXerox 242:105
kXHC1983 0515.090:huò