U+6321 "挡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
挡
U+6321 "挡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to block, obstruct, or ward off, and it is composed of the radical for hand or action combined with a phonetic component suggesting the idea of resisting. Commonly used in modern Chinese, it appears in words like "阻挡" (to stop or hinder) and "挡住" (to block the way), as well as in the term "挡车" referring to braking or stopping a vehicle. This character is part of the set of unified ideographs covering Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, where its stroke order and meaning remain consistent, reflecting its role in conveying physical or figurative obstruction.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6321 |
| 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 | 挡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 挡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8C 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6321 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006321 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6321 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27417A |
| kCNS1986 | E-2C6E |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2C6E |
| kCangjie | QFSM |
| kCantonese | dong2 |
| kDefinition | obstruct, impede; stop; resist |
| kEACC | 27417A |
| kFourCornerCode | 5907 |
| kGB0 | 2118 |
| kHanYu | 31869.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | dǎng(83) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31869.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0431.171 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3532 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2C6E |
| kTGH | 2013:1379 |
| kKangXi | 0431.171 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2346 |
| kMandarin | dǎng |
| kRSUnicode | 64.6 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "挡" U+6321 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 252.01 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 066.120:dǎng 067.070:dàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "挡" U+6321 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "擋" U+64CB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0215.050:dǎng 0216.070:dàng |