U+641B "搛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

搛

U+641B "搛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified scripts, primarily meaning "to pick up with chopsticks" or "to clamp," often referring to the action of grasping food or small objects between utensils. It belongs to the radical 扌 (hand) component, indicating its connection to manual actions, and its pronunciation in Mandarin is "jiān" or "xián." This character appears in classical Chinese texts and everyday language, especially in culinary contexts, though it is less common than more basic characters for similar actions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+641B
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	搛
HTML Hex Encoding	搛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x90 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x641B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000641B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u641b

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	DDB8
kCCCII	223329
kCNS1986	2-433E
kCNS1992	2-433E
kCangjie	QTXC
kCantonese	gim1
kDaeJaweon	0797.170
kDefinition	to pick up with chopsticks
kEACC	223329
kFanqie	古念
kFourCornerCode	5803.7
kGB0	6286
kGB1	6286
kHanYu	31936.060
kHanyuPinyin	31936.060:jiān,lián
kIRGDaeJaweon	0797.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31936.060
kIRGKangXi	0447.050
kIRG_GSource	G0-5E76
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DDB8
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-012616
kIRG_KSource	K2-363E
kIRG_TSource	T2-433E
kIRG_VSource	V0-3834
kJapanese	レンケンコン
kTGH	2013:5360
kKangXi	0447.050
kMandarin	jiān
kMojiJoho	MJ012616
kMorohashi	12484
kPhonetic	615*
kRSUnicode	64.10
kSMSZD2003Index	263.08
kSMSZD2003Readings	jiān粵gim1
kTGHZ2013	163.130:jiān
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kVietnamese	gom
kXerox	320:050
kXHC1983	0546.080:jiān