U+63B8 "掸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+63B8 "掸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in simplified Chinese, where it serves as the simplified form of the traditional character "撣." Its common meanings include "to dust" or "to brush away," as in removing dirt from a surface, and it can also refer to the specific action of flicking or shaking something off. Additionally, this character appears as a component in words like "掸子" meaning a duster or a brush used for cleaning. In standard Mandarin pronunciation, it is read as dǎn with a third tone.

General Properties

Code Point	U+63B8
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	掸
HTML Hex Encoding	掸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x8E 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x63B8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000063B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u63b8

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

kCCCII	283457
kCangjie	QCWJ
kCantonese	daan6
kDefinition	to dust; a duster
kEACC	283457
kFourCornerCode	5805
kGB0	2107
kHanYu	31906.050
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31906.050
kIRGKangXi	0440.181
kIRG_GSource	G0-3527
kIRG_VSource	V2-7676
kTGH	2013:4737
kKangXi	0440.181
kMainlandTelegraph	8473
kMandarin	dǎn
kPhonetic	1294*
kRSUnicode	64.8
kSMSZD2003Index	259.01
kTGHZ2013	065.030:dǎn
kTotalStrokes	11
kTraditionalVariant	"撣" U+64A3 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0210.040:dǎn 0999.120:shàn