U+63E0 "揠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
揠
U+63E0 "揠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to pull up or yank out, most famously used in the classical idiom "揠苗助长" which describes the act of pulling up seedlings to help them grow, a metaphor for spoiling a process through excessive eagerness or force. In its written form, this character falls under the radical 手 on the left, indicating its connection to hand actions, with the phonetic component and additional strokes contributing to its specific pronunciation and meaning within the broader CJK Unified Ideographs block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+63E0 |
| 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 | 揠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 揠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8F 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x63E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000063E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u63e0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D95D |
| kCCCII | 22325B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3C22 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3C22 |
| kCangjie | QSAV |
| kCantonese | aat3 |
| kCihaiT | 585.402 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0794.060 |
| kDefinition | to pull up, to eradicate |
| kEACC | 22325B |
| kFanqie | 烏黠 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5101.4 |
| kGB0 | 6275 |
| kGB1 | 6275 |
| kGSR | 0253m |
| kHangul | 알:1N |
| kHanYu | 31913.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31913.040:yà |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0794.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31913.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0443.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E6B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D95D |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2D40 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4690 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-663E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3C22 |
| kJapanese | アツ エチ ぬく |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5063 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,13,32 |
| kJapaneseKun | NUKU HUDA |
| kJapaneseOn | SATSU ATSU |
| kJis1 | 3230 |
| kKangXi | 0443.040 |
| kKarlgren | 237 |
| kKorean | AL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2257 |
| kMandarin | yà |
| kMatthews | 7232 |
| kMeyerWempe | 18c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012557 MJ012557:E0101 MJ012558:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 12363 12363:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1574A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17691+64.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.9 |
| kSBGY | 489.28 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 260.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yà粵aat3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2257 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 420.200:yà |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 303:130 |
| kXHC1983 | 1321.080:yà |