U+6221 "戡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

戡

U+6221 "戡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in the Chinese writing system, where it carries the meaning of "to suppress" or "to put down," often in the context of quelling rebellions or conflicts, and can also imply a sense of victory or the act of overcoming an adversary. Its structure combines the radical for a weapon or tool, suggesting forceful action, with phonetic components that indicate its pronunciation in various Chinese dialects, including Mandarin (kān) and Cantonese. Historically, this character appears in classical texts and historical records, such as in the phrase "戡亂" (to suppress a rebellion), reflecting its use in describing military or political pacification. As a unified ideograph, it represents a standard form recognized across multiple East Asian languages, including Japanese and Korean, where it retains similar semantic and phonetic functions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6221
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	戡
HTML Hex Encoding	戡
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x88 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6221
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006221
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6221

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	B760
kCCCII	213F6A
kCNS1986	1-6428
kCNS1992	1-6428
kCangjie	TVI
kCantonese	ham1
kCihaiT	553.203
kCowles	1151
kDaeJaweon	0756.110
kDefinition	subjugate, subdue, quell; kill
kEACC	213F6A
kFanqie	口含張甚
kFourCornerCode	4375.0
kGB0	7412
kGB1	7412
kGSR	0658q
kHangul	감:0N
kHanYu	21408.110
kHanyuPinyin	21408.110:kān,zhěn
kHKGlyph	1465
kIICore	AGTHKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0756.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21408.110
kIRGKangXi	0413.170
kIRG_GSource	G0-6A2C
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B760
kIRG_JSource	J0-5922
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-CDF1
kIRG_KSource	K0-4A71
kIRG_TSource	T1-6428
kJapanese	カンチンコンかつ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5368
kJapaneseKun	KATSU
kJapaneseOn	KAN CHIN
kJis0	5702
kKangXi	0413.170
kKorean	KAM
kMainlandTelegraph	2063
kMandarin	kān
kMatthews	3256
kMeyerWempe	773c
kMojiJoho	MJ012082
kMorohashi	11616
kNelson	1809
kPhonetic	1123
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4937+62.4.9
kRSUnicode	62.9
kSBGY	223.03 330.04
kSMSZD2003Index	236.13
kSMSZD2003Readings	kān粵ham1
kTaiwanTelegraph	2063
kTang	kom
kTGHZ2013	192.200:kān
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	263:367
kXHC1983	0631.160:kān