U+6414 "搔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
搔
U+6414 "搔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to scratch" or "to rub," as in scratching an itch, and is composed of the radical for hand or action (扌) on the left and the phonetic component "蚤" on the right. It is often used in classical and modern Chinese texts, such as the common compound "搔痒" meaning "to scratch an itch," and appears in idiomatic expressions like "搔首弄姿" which describes someone adjusting their hair or posing coquettishly. This character also carries historical and literary significance, appearing in works like the ancient poetry collection "Shijing" (Book of Songs) to convey physical actions or emotional restlessness.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6414 |
| 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 | 搔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 搔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x90 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6414 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006414 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6414 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B76B |
| kCCCII | 21414E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6433 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6433 |
| kCangjie | QEII |
| kCantonese | sou1 |
| kCihaiT | 587.205 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0797.090 |
| kDefinition | to scratch |
| kEACC | 21414E |
| kFanqie | 蘇遭 |
| kFenn | 787F |
| kFennIndex | 430.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5703.6 |
| kGB0 | 4106 |
| kGB1 | 4106 |
| kGSR | 1112f |
| kHangul | 소:0N |
| kHanYu | 31939.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sāo(14) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31939.060:sāo,sào |
| kHKGlyph | 1628 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0797.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31939.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0446.250 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4926 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B76B |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7476 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3A5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6138 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6433 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5755 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ うごかす かく さわぐ つめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2539 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,84,86 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAKU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis1 | 3243 |
| kKangXi | 0446.250 |
| kKorean | SO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2279 |
| kMandarin | sāo |
| kMatthews | 5431 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2832b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012609 |
| kMorohashi | 12477 |
| kNelson | 1980 |
| kPhonetic | 224 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7724+64.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.10 |
| kSBGY | 157.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 262.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sāo粵sou1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2279 |
| kTang | *sɑu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 320.160:sāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trao |
| kXerox | 264:063 |
| kXHC1983 | 0988.020:sāo |