U+6396 "掖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
掖
U+6396 "掖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to tuck in" or "to hold under the arm," and it is also used in the sense of "to conceal" or "to hide." It can refer to the action of tucking something into a fold or crevice, such as tucking a blanket, and it appears in historical texts and modern usage, including the term "yè jiān" meaning "armpit." This character is composed of the radical for hand (扌) on the left, suggesting hand-related actions, and the phonetic component 夜 (yè) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and meaning in specific contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6396 |
| 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 | 掖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 掖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8E 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6396 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006396 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6396 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B1B3 |
| kCCCII | 214079 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5A57 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5A57 |
| kCangjie | QYOK |
| kCantonese | jik6 |
| kCihaiT | 580.302 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0787.080 |
| kDefinition | support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up |
| kEACC | 214079 |
| kFanqie | 羊益 |
| kFenn | 268H |
| kFennIndex | 621.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5004.7 |
| kGB0 | 5020 |
| kGB1 | 5020 |
| kGSR | 0800l |
| kHangul | 액:0N |
| kHanYu | 31903.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31903.050:yè,yē |
| kHKGlyph | 1574 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0787.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31903.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0437.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5234 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B1B3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5955 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FCFB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-647A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5A57 |
| kJapanese | エキ ヤク たすける わき わきばさむ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4733 |
| kJapaneseKun | WAKIBASAMU TASUKERU WAKI |
| kJapaneseOn | EKI |
| kJis0 | 5753 |
| kKangXi | 0437.190 |
| kKarlgren | 224 |
| kKorean | AYK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2227 |
| kMandarin | yē |
| kMatthews | 3032 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3840d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012477 |
| kMorohashi | 12262 |
| kNelson | 1925 |
| kPhonetic | 1522 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4988+64.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.8 |
| kSBGY | 517.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 256.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yè粵jik6 yē粵jik6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2227 |
| kTang | iɛk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 429.040:yē 430.090:yè |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 264:153 |
| kXHC1983 | 1345.050:yē 1348.020:yè |