U+642E "搮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
搮
U+642E "搮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or historical Chinese character used primarily in classical texts, where it carries the meaning of "to stroke" or "to rub" often in the context of handling grains or agricultural processing, such as rubbing ears of grain to separate seeds from chaff. Its composition combines the radical "扌" (hand) with the phonetic component "栗" (chestnut), reflecting a manual action associated with harvest tasks. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese, but it belongs to the extensive set of traditional logographs that document ancient farming techniques and craft terminology, offering insight into historical material culture and linguistic evolution.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+642E |
| 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 | 搮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 搮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x90 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x642E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000642E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u642e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DDB9 |
| kCCCII | 24367E |
| kCNS1986 | 2-433F |
| kCNS1992 | 2-433F |
| kCangjie | QMWD |
| kCantonese | leot6 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0798.230 |
| kFanqie | 力質 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5109.4 |
| kHanYu | 31930.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31930.050:lì |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0798.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31930.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0448.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3A66 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DDB9 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-012644 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-46B3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3647 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-433F |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-3836 |
| kJapanese | リツ リチ |
| kKangXi | 0448.050 |
| kMandarin | lì |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012644 |
| kMorohashi | 12509 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.10 |
| kSBGY | 470.05 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kVietnamese | lắt |