U+648D "撍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+648D "撍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character primarily found in historical or classical texts. Its meaning and usage are not commonly defined in modern standard dictionaries, but it is generally understood to relate to grasping, holding, or plucking, often associated with the action of taking or picking something by hand. This character belongs to the radical "扌" (hand) and has a phonetic component that suggests a pronunciation similar to "zan" or "qian" in Mandarin, though its exact reading can vary depending on context or regional usage. Due to its obscurity, "撍" is infrequently used in contemporary written Chinese, surviving mainly in specialized philological studies or older literary works.

General Properties

Code Point	U+648D
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	撍
HTML Hex Encoding	撍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x92 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x648D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000648D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u648d

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

kCCCII	24376D
kCNS1986	E-4C30
kCNS1992	3-4C30
kCangjie	QMUA
kCantonese	zaan2
kCheungBauer	064/09;QMUA;cim4
kCheungBauerIndex	413.08
kCowles	4752
kDaeJaweon	0803.140
kDefinition	to hold in the hand, to grasp; to wring; (Cant.) to pull out
kFanqie	側吟 作含 子感 作紺
kFennIndex	559.06
kGB3	4329
kHanYu	31956.010 80026.080
kHanyuPinyin	31956.010:zǎn,zān,zēn,qián 80026.080:qián,zān,zēn,zǎn
kIICore	CH
kIRGDaeJaweon	0803.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31956.010
kIRGKangXi	0453.310
kIRG_GSource	G3-4B3D
kIRG_HSource	H-8A5B
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-012751
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4737
kIRG_KSource	K2-367A
kIRG_TSource	T3-4C30
kIRG_VSource	V2-8C5F
kJapanese	サン シン セン ゼン
kKangXi	0453.310
kMandarin	zǎn
kMatthews	6851
kMeyerWempe	3357
kMojiJoho	MJ012751
kMorohashi	12687
kRSUnicode	64.12
kSBGY	220.39 222.40 331.21 442.35
kSemanticVariant	U+63DD<kMatthews
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+6522<kFenn
kTotalStrokes	15
kUnihanCore2020	H