U+642A "搪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
搪
U+642A "搪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to apply a coating, such as enamel or glaze, to a surface, or to ward off, withstand, or fend off something. It is commonly used in words like "搪瓷" (tángcí), meaning enamel, and "搪塞" (tángsè), meaning to prevaricate or make excuses to evade responsibility. The character's composition includes the hand radical 扌 on the left, with phonetic component 唐 (táng) on the right, reflecting its semantic connection to action and its sound. In historical and modern Chinese writing, this character appears in contexts ranging from industrial and culinary descriptions to everyday language about deflecting blame or obstacles.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+642A |
| 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 | 搪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 搪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x90 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x642A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000642A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u642a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B765 |
| kCCCII | 21414A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-642D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-642D |
| kCangjie | QILR |
| kCantonese | tong4 |
| kCihaiT | 587.503 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0798.180 |
| kDefinition | ward off, evade; parry; block |
| kEACC | 21414A |
| kFanqie | 徒郎 |
| kFenn | 723G |
| kFennIndex | 499.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5006.7 |
| kGB0 | 4434 |
| kGB1 | 4434 |
| kHangul | 당:1N |
| kHanYu | 31936.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | táng(14) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31936.020:táng |
| kHKGlyph | 1623 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0798.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31936.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0448.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4C42 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B765 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-4053 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-46AF |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5D23 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-642D |
| kJapanese | トウ ドウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5358 |
| kJapaneseKun | HARU |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU DOU |
| kJis1 | 3251 |
| kKangXi | 0448.010 |
| kKorean | TANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2288 |
| kMandarin | táng |
| kMatthews | 6118 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012639 |
| kMorohashi | 12505 |
| kPhonetic | 1381 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19409+64.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.10 |
| kSBGY | 178.22 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+508F<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 262.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | táng粵tong4,tong5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2288 |
| kTang | dhɑng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 360.050:táng |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 265:331 |
| kXHC1983 | 1118.050:táng |