U+656C "敬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
敬
U+656C "敬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of respect, reverence, or veneration. It is commonly used in words like "尊敬" (zūnjìng, meaning to respect) and "敬礼" (jìnglǐ, meaning to salute or to offer a respectful greeting). The character appears across multiple East Asian writing systems, including Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, often carrying similar connotations of politeness, honor, and solemnity. Historically, its form is composed of the radical for “攵” (a hand holding a stick, suggesting an action) and the phonetic component “苟” (cautious or careful), together implying a deliberate and respectful demeanor.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+656C |
| 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 | 敬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 敬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x95 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x656C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000656C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u656c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B771 |
| kCCCII | 214250 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6439 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6439 |
| kCangjie | TROK |
| kCantonese | ging3 |
| kCihaiT | 606.502 |
| kCowles | 1680 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0826.170 |
| kDefinition | respect, honor; respectfully |
| kEACC | 214250 |
| kFanqie | 居慶 |
| kFenn | 228C |
| kFennIndex | 81.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4864.0 |
| kGB0 | 3020 |
| kGB1 | 3020 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0813a |
| kHangul | 경:0E |
| kHanYu | 21466.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jìng(96) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21466.020:jìng |
| kHKGlyph | 1720 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0826.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21466.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0473.350 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3E34 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B771 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3749 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFBB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4C57 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6439 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-582B |
| kJapanese | ケイ キョウ うやまう つつしむ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2553 |
| kJapaneseKun | UYAMAU |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI KYOU |
| kJis0 | 2341 |
| kKangXi | 0473.350 |
| kKarlgren | 396 |
| kKorean | KYENG |
| kLau | 922 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2417 |
| kMandarin | jìng |
| kMatthews | 1138 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1166 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013006 MJ013006:E0101 MJ013007:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 13285' 13285':E0101 13303:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2055 |
| kPhonetic | 627 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1823+66.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 66.9 |
| kSBGY | 428.55 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 278.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jìng粵ging3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2417 |
| kTang | *giæ̀ng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 181.010:jìng |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | kính |
| kXerox | 243:244 |
| kXHC1983 | 0603.040:jìng |