U+62C8 "拈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
拈
U+62C8 "拈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that appears in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, primarily used in written Chinese. It is pronounced as "niān" in Mandarin and carries the core meaning of "to pick up" or "to pinch" with the fingers, often implying a light or delicate touch, as seen in common phrases like "拈花微笑" (to pick a flower and smile). The character is composed of the radical 扌 (hand), indicating its association with hand actions, and a phonetic component, and it appears in classical literature and modern contexts to describe gentle handling or selection.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+62C8 |
| 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 | 拈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 拈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8B 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x62C8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000062C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u62c8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A9E0 |
| kCCCII | 21404A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4D62 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4D62 |
| kCangjie | QYR |
| kCantonese | nim1 |
| kCihaiT | 567.501 |
| kCowles | 2888 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0773.040 |
| kDefinition | pick up with fingers; draw lots |
| kEACC | 21404A |
| kFanqie | 奴兼 |
| kFenn | 720E |
| kFennIndex | 363.02 520.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5106.0 |
| kGB0 | 3673 |
| kGB1 | 3673 |
| kGSR | 0618o |
| kHangul | 념:0N |
| kHanYu | 31851.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31851.020:niān,niǎn,diān |
| kHKGlyph | 1523 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0773.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31851.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0424.230 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4469 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A9E0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5940 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E8AE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5239 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4D62 |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-3730 |
| kJapanese | ネン デン セン ひねる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3840 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUMAMU |
| kJapaneseOn | DEN SEN NEN |
| kJis0 | 5732 |
| kKangXi | 0424.230 |
| kKorean | NYEM |
| kLau | 2376 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2138 |
| kMandarin | niān |
| kMatthews | 4712 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2080 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012263 |
| kMorohashi | 11945 |
| kNelson | 1866 |
| kPhonetic | 177 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4967+64.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.5 |
| kSBGY | 229.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 247.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | niān粵nim1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+6541<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2138 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 265.200:niān |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | chêm |
| kXerox | 270:132 |
| kXHC1983 | 0829.110:niān |