U+623E "戾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

戾

U+623E "戾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "perverse," "rebellious," "cruel," or "to violate," and it often carries a negative connotation in classical and modern contexts. In traditional Chinese culture, this character appears in philosophical texts such as the "Zhuangzi" and historical records, where it describes a disposition that is contrary to social norms or natural order, such as in the phrase "暴戾" (bàolì) meaning "violent and tyrannical." Its structure combines the radical "户" (door/house) with "犬" (dog), which etymologically suggests a dog turning against its master or a force that breaks out of domestic containment, reinforcing the idea of deviance or aggression. This character is also used in some place names and literary expressions, and it has a variant form in Japanese kanji where it retains similar meanings of wickedness or stubbornness.

General Properties

Code Point	U+623E
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	戾
HTML Hex Encoding	戾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x88 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x623E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000623E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u623e

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	A9D1
kCCCII	213F74
kCNS1986	1-4D53
kCNS1992	1-4D53
kCangjie	HSIK
kCantonese	leoi6
kCihaiT	555.402
kCowles	2500
kDaeJaweon	0759.150
kDefinition	perverse, recalcitrant, rebellious
kEACC	213F74
kFanqie	郎計練結
kFenn	458G
kFennIndex	300.01
kFourCornerCode	3023.4
kGB0	7669
kGB1	7669
kGSR	0532a
kHangul	려:0N
kHanYu	32258.060
kHanyuPinyin	32258.060:lì
kHKGlyph	1475
kIICore	AGTHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0759.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	32258.060
kIRGKangXi	0415.110
kIRG_GSource	G0-6C65
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A9D1
kIRG_JSource	J3-7463
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D7F0
kIRG_KSource	K0-5568
kIRG_TSource	T1-4D53
kIRG_VSource	V1-5641
kJapanese	レイライリレツレチもどすもどる
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:4042
kJIS0213	1,84,67
kJapaneseKun	MODOSU MOTORU ITARU
kJapaneseOn	REI RAI
kKangXi	0415.110
kKarlgren	530
kKorean	LYE LYEL
kMainlandTelegraph	2074
kMandarin	lì
kMatthews	3854
kMeyerWempe	1685
kMojiJoho	MJ012115
kMorohashi	11712
kPhonetic	845
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+13390+63.4.4 C+13390+94.4.4
kRSUnicode	63.4
kSBGY	374.25 496.19
kSMSZD2003Index	238.01 415.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	lì粵leoi6
kTaiwanTelegraph	2074
kTGHZ2013	217.140:lì
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	GHKMPT
kVietnamese	lệ
kXerox	264:360
kXHC1983	0697.010:lì