U+62E9 "择" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+62E9 "择" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to choose" or "to select," commonly appearing in words like "选择" (xuǎnzé, meaning "choice" or "to choose"). It is composed of the radical 扌 (hand), indicating an action, and the phonetic component 睪, which contributes to its pronunciation. This character is used in both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, though it retains the same form in both scripts. In practical usage, it appears frequently in formal and everyday contexts, such as in decision making, education, and technology, where selecting options is a common theme. Historically, the character has been part of the Chinese writing system for centuries, evolving from earlier script forms while preserving its core meaning of selection.

General Properties

Code Point U+62E9
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 择
HTML Hex Encoding 择
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x8B 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x62E9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000062E9
C/C++/Java Escape \u62e9

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

kCCCII 27417E
kCangjie QEQ
kCantonese zaak6
kDefinition select, choose, pick out
kEACC 27417E
kFourCornerCode 5705
kGB0 5281
kHanYu 31862.020
kHanyuPinlu zé(71)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31862.020
kIRGKangXi 0427.161
kIRG_GSource G0-5471
kTGH 2013:992
kKangXi 0427.161
kMainlandTelegraph 2344
kMandarin
kPhonetic 1560*
kRSUnicode 64.5
kSMSZD2003Index 249.10
kTGHZ2013 460.040:zé 464.020:zhái
kTotalStrokes 8
kTraditionalVariant "擇" U+64C7 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1445.020:zé 1450.010:zhái