U+637C "捼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+637C "捼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of twisting, rubbing, or kneading, often used in contexts involving manipulating or pressing flexible materials with the hands. It belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block in the Unicode standard, which encodes characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian scripts. This particular character is composed of the radical for hand on the left, indicating manual action, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation. While not one of the most common characters in modern writing, it appears in classical texts and certain technical or regional usages, particularly in describing processes like dough mixing or fabric handling.

General Properties

Code Point U+637C
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 捼
HTML Hex Encoding 捼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x8D 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x637C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000637C
C/C++/Java Escape \u637c

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

kBigFive D57B
kCCCII 22323A
kCNS1986 2-355F
kCNS1992 2-355F
kCangjie QHDV
kCantonese no4
kCheungBauer 064/08;QHDV;no4
kCheungBauerIndex 413.06
kCihaiT 578.403
kDaeJaweon 0785.130
kDefinition to rub; to crumple
kEACC 22323A
kFanqie 儒隹 乃回 奴禾
kFourCornerCode 5204.4
kHanYu 31898.030
kHanyuPinyin 31898.030:ruó,wō,wěi,ré
kIRGDaeJaweon 0785.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31898.030
kIRGKangXi 0435.310
kIRG_GSource GE-3A4C
kIRG_HSource HB2-D57B
kIRG_JSource J13-7471
kIRG_KPSource KP1-461D
kIRG_KSource K2-3550
kIRG_TSource T2-355F
kJapanese ダ ナ ダイ ネ ズイ ネン ワ イ もむ
kJIS0213 1,84,81
kJapaneseKun OSU
kJapaneseOn DA NA DAI NAI
kJis1 3202
kKangXi 0435.310
kMandarin ruó
kMatthews 4749
kMojiJoho MJ012448
kMorohashi 12223
kPhonetic 1425
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+16875+64.3.8
kRSUnicode 64.8
kSBGY 055.37 098.46 163.31
kSemanticVariant U+633C<kMatthews
kTotalStrokes 11
kUnihanCore2020 HMT