U+631D "挝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+631D "挝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to beat, strike, or hit, and it is also a component in the name of the country Laos (lǎo wō 老挝) as used in Chinese. In its historical usage, the character can refer to the action of flogging or physically assaulting someone, and it appears in various classical texts and modern vocabulary related to physical force or punishment. Structurally, it is composed of the radical for hand or action and a phonetic component, reflecting its semantic field of manual impact. While not among the most common characters in everyday modern Chinese, it remains a standard part of the writing system, particularly in formal or historical contexts and in geographical names.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
挝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
挝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE6 0x8C 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x631D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000631D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u631d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie |
QYDI |
| kCantonese |
zaa1 |
| kDefinition |
to beat; to strike |
| kEACC |
4C3474 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5403 |
| kGB0 |
4646 |
| kHanYu |
31867.040 |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
31867.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0434.241 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4E4E |
| kTGH |
2013:4095 |
| kKangXi |
0434.241 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
2339 |
| kMandarin |
wō |
| kRSUnicode |
64.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
252.08 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
386.160:wō |
| kTotalStrokes |
9 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"撾" U+64BE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1208.150:wō 1516.020:zhuā |