U+656A "敪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+656A "敪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used primarily in classical or literary contexts, with its pronunciation and meaning varying across different East Asian languages and historical periods. In Mandarin, it is often read as "duó" or "zhuó," and its core semantic associations include the concepts of cutting, chopping, or striking, as seen in its radical 攴 or 攵 which relates to hitting or performing an action with the hand. This character appears in ancient texts and compound words, sometimes carrying extended meanings of decision or action, though it is not commonly used in modern everyday writing. Its usage is largely confined to specialized or scholarly references, reflecting the rich historical depth of the CJK Unified Ideographs block.

General Properties

Code Point U+656A
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 敪
HTML Hex Encoding 敪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x95 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x656A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000656A
C/C++/Java Escape \u656a

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 D974
kCNS1986 2-3C39
kCNS1992 2-3C39
kCangjie EEEEE
kCantonese zyut3
kDefinition to weigh; cut; come without being invited
kFourCornerCode 1844.0
kHanYu 21469.061
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21469.061
kIRGKangXi 0473.171
kIRG_GSource GE-3B3C
kIRG_HSource HB2-D974
kIRG_TSource T2-3C39
kJapaneseKun HAKARU
kJapaneseOn TATSU TACHI SETSU SECHI
kKangXi 0473.171
kMandarin duō
kMatthews 6437
kPhonetic 283
kRSUnicode 66.8
kSemanticVariant U+6560<kMatthews
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HMT