U+6423 "搣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6423 "搣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that falls under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, traditionally pronounced as something like "miè" in Mandarin. This character is composed of the radical "扌" (hand) on the left, indicating an action involving the hand, and a phonetic component on the right derived from "蔑" (miè, meaning to belittle or extinguish). Its primary historical meaning relates to the act of twisting or pinching, often specifically to pull or pluck out something, such as eyebrows or fine threads, and it appears in classical Chinese texts rather than modern common usage. The character reflects the intricate system of meaning and phonetic compounding found in traditional Chinese writing, though it is not frequently encountered in contemporary digital or printed media.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6423
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	搣
HTML Hex Encoding	搣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x90 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6423
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006423
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6423

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	DDA9
kCCCII	223261
kCNS1986	2-432F
kCNS1992	2-432F
kCangjie	QIHF
kCantonese	mit1
kCheungBauer	064/10;QIHF;mit1
kCheungBauerIndex	418.04
kCihaiT	587.402
kCowles	2699
kDaeJaweon	0798.100
kDefinition	(Cant.) to tear, peel, twist with the fingers
kFanqie	亡列
kFourCornerCode	5305.0
kGB3	4291
kHanYu	31930.090
kHanyuPinyin	31930.090:miè
kIICore	CM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0798.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31930.090
kIRGKangXi	0447.160
kIRG_GSource	G3-4A7B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DDA9
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-012626
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-46B4
kIRG_KSource	K2-3643
kIRG_TSource	T2-432F
kIRG_VSource	V2-8C55
kJapanese	ベツ メチ ケツ ケチ
kKangXi	0447.160
kLau	2148
kMandarin	miè
kMeyerWempe	1831
kMojiJoho	MJ012626
kMorohashi	12495
kPhonetic	514A*
kRSUnicode	64.10
kSBGY	498.13
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	HMT