U+6284 "抄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
抄
U+6284 "抄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions as a verb meaning to copy, transcribe, plagiarize, or make a duplicate, and also carries secondary meanings such as to search and seize or to take a shortcut. Its radical is 手 (hand), reflecting its connection to manual action, and it is composed of nine strokes. In historical contexts, it was used in official documents for copying texts, while in modern usage it appears in words like 抄写 (to copy by hand), 抄袭 (to plagiarize), and 抄近路 (to take a shortcut). The character is also part of the Kangxi dictionary and is widely used across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where its reading varies as chāo in Mandarin, shō in Japanese on'yomi, and cho in Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6284 |
| 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 | 抄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 抄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8A 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6284 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006284 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6284 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A7DB |
| kCCCII | 214032 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4A3D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4A3D |
| kCangjie | QFH |
| kCantonese | caau1 |
| kCihaiT | 562.402 |
| kCowles | 447 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0767.100 |
| kDefinition | copy, confiscate, seize |
| kEACC | 214032 |
| kFanqie | 楚交 初爪 初敎 |
| kFenn | 122C |
| kFennIndex | 21.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5902.0 |
| kGB0 | 1913 |
| kGB1 | 1913 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 초:0E |
| kHanYu | 31836.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chāo(70) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31836.060:chāo,suō,chào,chǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 1500 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0767.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31836.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0420.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-332D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A7DB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E36 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDE4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-747C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4A3D |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5654 |
| kJapanese | ショウ ソウ サ かすめとる かすめる すく とる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:626 |
| kJapaneseKun | TORU KASUMETORU UTSUSU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3022 |
| kKangXi | 0420.100 |
| kKorean | CHO |
| kLau | 193 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2113 |
| kMandarin | chāo |
| kMatthews | 255 |
| kMeyerWempe | 122 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012200 |
| kMorohashi | 11863 |
| kNelson | 1849 |
| kPhonetic | 50 1220 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2462+64.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.4 |
| kSBGY | 154.14 416.46 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 242.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chāo粵caau1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2113 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 039.160:chāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | sao |
| kXerox | 257:077 |
| kXHC1983 | 0125.090:chāo |