U+63A3 "掣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
掣
U+63A3 "掣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to pull, draw, or tug, often implying a swift or forceful action, and it can also denote to hinder or hold back. In compound terms, it appears in words like "掣肘" (chèzhǒu), which literally means to pull someone's elbow and figuratively signifies obstructing or hampering another's actions. The character is composed of the radical for hand or action, indicating its association with physical movement, and its usage spans classical and modern Chinese texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+63A3 |
| 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 | 掣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 掣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8E 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x63A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000063A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u63a3 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B477 |
| kCCCII | 214130 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F3E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F3E |
| kCangjie | HNQ |
| kCantonese | zai3 |
| kCihaiT | 581.201 |
| kCowles | 118 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0789.010 |
| kDefinition | drag, pull; hinder by pulling back |
| kEACC | 214130 |
| kFanqie | 尺制 昌列 |
| kFenn | 221E |
| kFennIndex | 23.12 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2250.2 |
| kGB0 | 1924 |
| kGB1 | 1924 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0335c |
| kHanYu | 31889.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31889.040:chè |
| kHKGlyph | 1600 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0789.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31889.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0439.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3338 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B477 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-595A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4642 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3560 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F3E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5740 |
| kJapanese | セイ セツ セチ ひく |
| kTGH | 2013:5191 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIKU |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI SETSU |
| kJis0 | 5758 |
| kKangXi | 0439.010 |
| kKorean | CHEY CHEL |
| kLau | 331 1317 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2233 |
| kMandarin | chè |
| kMatthews | 282 |
| kMeyerWempe | 130 313b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012491 |
| kMorohashi | 12277 |
| kNelson | 1923 |
| kPhonetic | 53 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4993+64.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.8 |
| kSBGY | 377.12 500.60 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 257.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chè粵zai3 chè粵cit3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2233 |
| kTang | chiɛt |
| kTGHZ2013 | 041.050:chè |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | xiết |
| kXerox | 266:315 |
| kXHC1983 | 0131.010:chè |