U+6386 "掆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

掆

U+6386 "掆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and modern East Asian writing systems, particularly in Mandarin Chinese. It is composed of the hand radical on the left and a phonetic or meaning component on the right, and its primary meanings include "to prop up," "to support," or "to lift," often referring to using a pole or lever to raise or hold something. This character appears in historical texts and some regional vocabulary, but it is relatively uncommon in everyday modern usage, often replaced by more standard characters with similar meanings.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6386
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	掆
HTML Hex Encoding	掆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x8E 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6386
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006386
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6386

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	22322A
kCNS1986	E-3623
kCNS1992	3-3623
kCangjie	QBTU
kCantonese	gong1
kCihaiT	583.401
kDaeJaweon	0786.030
kDefinition	(a simplified form of 掆) to carry on the shoulders of two or more men, to raise
kEACC	22322A
kFanqie	古郎古浪
kHanYu	31897.120
kHanyuPinyin	31897.120:gāng,gàng
kIRGDaeJaweon	0786.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31897.120
kIRGKangXi	0436.170
kIRG_GSource	GE-3A4D
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-012459
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4612
kIRG_KSource	K2-3555
kIRG_TSource	T3-3623
kIRG_VSource	V2-8C4C
kJapanese	コウ
kKangXi	0436.170
kMandarin	gāng
kMojiJoho	MJ012459
kMorohashi	12240
kRSUnicode	64.8
kSBGY	180.16 428.44
kSimplifiedVariant	"㧏" U+39CF CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	258.11
kTotalStrokes	11
kXHC1983	0360.061:gāng