U+644E "摎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+644E "摎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to twist, bind, or entangle, and historically also carried connotations of seeking or striving, particularly in classical texts such as those from the Han dynasty where it appeared in the context of entangling enemies or intertwining objects. This character belongs to the radical for hand or action, indicated by its left component 扌, and is used in both modern and traditional Chinese writing, though it is relatively rare and specialized, often appearing in literary or historical settings rather than everyday vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+644E
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 摎
HTML Hex Encoding 摎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x91 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x644E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000644E
C/C++/Java Escape \u644e

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 E1E5
kCCCII 223423
kCNS1986 2-4A4C
kCNS1992 2-4A4C
kCangjie QSMH
kCantonese gau1
kCihaiT 588.408
kDaeJaweon 0799.390
kDefinition to strangle; to inquire into
kEACC 223423
kFanqie 古肴 力求
kFourCornerCode 5702.2
kGB3 4324
kGSR 1069g
kHanYu 31950.140
kHanyuPinyin 31950.140:jiū,liú,liáo,jiǎo,náo
kIRGDaeJaweon 0799.390
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31950.140
kIRGKangXi 0449.140
kIRG_GSource G3-4B38
kIRG_HSource HB2-E1E5
kIRG_JSource J0-5977
kIRG_KPSource KP1-46E7
kIRG_KSource K2-3656
kIRG_TSource T2-4A4C
kJapanese キュウ コウ ク リュウ ル リョウ キョウ ドウ
kJapaneseKun KUKURU
kJapaneseOn KYUU RYUU KU
kJis0 5787
kKangXi 0449.140
kMandarin jiū
kMatthews 1187
kMojiJoho MJ012671 MJ012671:E0101 MJ012672:E0102
kMorohashi 12564 12564:E0101
kPhonetic 819
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+5022+64.3.11
kRSUnicode 64.11
kSBGY 152.24 203.05
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 HJMT