U+638F "掏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

掏

U+638F "掏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to take out" or "to pull out" from a container, such as reaching into a pocket or bag, and by extension can convey the act of extracting something hidden or digging out. It is composed of the radical for hand or action on the left side, indicating manual activity, and a phonetic component on the right, giving a clue to its pronunciation (tāo in Mandarin). In modern usage, this character frequently appears in everyday contexts like "掏钱" meaning to take out money or "掏心掏肺" meaning to speak from the heart or confide sincerely. Its structure and semantics make it a practical member of the Chinese writing system, reflecting physical actions tied to retrieving or uncovering.

General Properties

Code Point	U+638F
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	掏
HTML Hex Encoding	掏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x8E 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x638F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000638F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u638f

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	B1C7
kCCCII	214132
kCNS1986	1-5A6B
kCNS1992	1-5A6B
kCangjie	QPOU
kCantonese	tou4
kCihaiT	579.503
kDaeJaweon	0786.130
kDefinition	take out; pull out; clean out
kEACC	214132
kFanqie	土刀徒刀
kFennIndex	503.01
kFourCornerCode	5702.0
kGB0	4445
kGB1	4445
kHangul	도:1N
kHanYu	31902.060
kHanyuPinlu	tāo(106)
kHanyuPinyin	31902.060:tāo
kHKGlyph	1596
kIICore	AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0786.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31902.060
kIRGKangXi	0437.090
kIRG_GSource	G0-4C4D
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B1C7
kIRG_JSource	J0-595B
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4621
kIRG_KSource	K1-5D3C
kIRG_TSource	T1-5A6B
kIRG_VSource	V1-5738
kJapanese	トウドウえらぶする
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:2180
kJapaneseKun	ERABU SURU
kJapaneseOn	TOU
kJis0	5759
kKangXi	0437.090
kKorean	TO
kLau	3095
kMainlandTelegraph	2223
kMandarin	tāo
kMatthews	6143
kMojiJoho	MJ012468
kMorohashi	12251
kNelson	1927
kPhonetic	1362
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4994+64.3.8
kRSUnicode	64.8
kSBGY	157.34
kSemanticVariant	U+642F<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	256.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	tāo粵tou4
kTaiwanTelegraph	2223
kTGHZ2013	361.090:tāo
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kVietnamese	đào
kXerox	252:316
kXHC1983	1120.110:tāo 1122.031:táo