U+6231 "戱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

戱

U+6231 "戱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that is a variant form of the more common character "戲" (simplified as "戏"), which means "play," "drama," "game," or "to joke." It is composed of the radical 戈 (spear) and other components, reflecting its historical usage in classical texts and calligraphy, particularly in East Asian contexts such as Japanese, Korean, and traditional Chinese writing. While not used in modern simplified Chinese, it remains present in historical documents and artistic works, conveying a sense of theatricality or amusement.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6231
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	戱
HTML Hex Encoding	戱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x88 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6231
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006231
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6231

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

kCNS1986	E-506D
kCNS1992	3-506D
kCangjie	YMI
kCantonese	hei3
kCihaiT	554.201
kCowles	1037
kDefinition	theatrical play
kHangul	희:0N
kHanYu	21411.101
kIICore	AKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21411.100
kIRGKangXi	0414.130
kIRG_GSource	GE-3973
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-012100
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F6A8
kIRG_KSource	K0-7D74
kIRG_TSource	T3-506D
kJapanese	ギたわむれる
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	TAWAMURERU TAWAMURE
kJapaneseOn	GI KI
kKangXi	0414.130
kKorean	HUY HWI
kLau	1160
kMandarin	xì
kMeyerWempe	702
kMojiJoho	MJ012100
kMorohashi	11668
kNelson	1815
kPhonetic	458 515
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19381+62.4.12
kRSUnicode	62.11
kSemanticVariant	U+6232<kLau
kSimplifiedVariant	"戯" U+622F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	KP