U+63AD "掭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+63AD "掭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily functions as a verb meaning to try, to test, or to provoke, though it also carries specific technical or literary nuances such as to insert lightly or to adjust a brush or oil lamp wick. Composed of the hand radical 扌 and the component 忝, it is rarely used in modern everyday Chinese, appearing instead in classical texts or specialized vocabulary related to calligraphy, painting, or traditional lamp maintenance. In Japanese, this character is similarly obscure and is generally not part of the standard joyo kanji list, while in Korean it is virtually nonexistent in common usage. Overall, 掭 represents a culturally nuanced element of East Asian script, reflecting subtle actions associated with manual dexterity and artistic practice.

General Properties

Code Point	U+63AD
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	掭
HTML Hex Encoding	掭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x8E 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x63AD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000063AD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u63ad

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	D56D
kCCCII	22323D
kCNS1986	2-3551
kCNS1992	2-3551
kCangjie	QHKP
kCantonese	tim5
kDefinition	to manipulate; a pricker for a lamp-wick
kEACC	22323D
kFourCornerCode	5203.3
kGB0	6261
kGB1	6261
kHanYu	31890.110
kHanyuPinyin	31890.110:tiàn
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31890.110
kIRGKangXi	0440.181
kIRG_GSource	G0-5E5D
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D56D
kIRG_JSource	J1-4031
kIRG_KSource	K2-3564
kIRG_TSource	T2-3551
kJapanese	テン
kTGH	2013:7106
kJapaneseOn	TEN
kJis1	3217
kKangXi	0440.181
kMandarin	tiàn
kMatthews	6369
kMojiJoho	MJ012503
kMorohashi	12307
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21643+64.3.8
kRSUnicode	64.8
kSMSZD2003Index	258.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	tiàn粵tim5,tim3
kTGHZ2013	365.200:tiàn
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	301:302
kXHC1983	1138.150:tiàn