U+63AF "掯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
掯
U+63AF "掯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is primarily used in written Chinese and Japanese. It carries meanings related to oppression, restraint, or extortion, often appearing in contexts where someone is being pressured or forced into a difficult situation against their will. In modern usage, it can be found in expressions like "掯住" meaning to hold back or suppress, and in the term "掯勒" which refers to blackmail or extortion. The character is composed of the radical "扌" (hand) on the left, suggesting a manual action, along with components that contribute to its phonetic and semantic associations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+63AF |
| 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 | 掯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 掯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8E 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x63AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000063AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u63af |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D576 |
| kCCCII | 223230 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-355A |
| kCNS1992 | 2-355A |
| kCangjie | QYMB |
| kCantonese | kang3 |
| kCihaiT | 583.501 |
| kCowles | 1922 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0791.140 |
| kDefinition | oppress, extort, take by force |
| kEACC | 223230 |
| kFenn | 130K |
| kFennIndex | 247.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5102.7 |
| kGB3 | 4248 |
| kGB8 | 9246 |
| kHanYu | 31895.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31895.050:kèn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0791.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31895.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0440.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4A50 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D576 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-4033 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3566 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-355A |
| kJapanese | コウ |
| kJapaneseKun | TODOKOORU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis1 | 3219 |
| kKangXi | 0440.181 |
| kKarlgren | 314 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2240 |
| kMandarin | kèn |
| kMatthews | 3336 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1050 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012505 |
| kMorohashi | 12309 |
| kPhonetic | 434 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19401+64.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 258.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kèn粵kang3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2240 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 303:125 |
| kXHC1983 | 0645.050:kèn |