U+656F "敯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+656F "敯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character primarily used in historical or classical texts, where it carries the meaning of "to cover with a cloth" or "to spread something over" a surface. This character is composed of the radical "攵" (pū), which relates to striking or action, and the component "民" (mín), suggesting a phonetic or semantic link to the concept of the people or concealment. Although it is not commonly employed in modern standard Chinese, it appears in some ancient writings or specialized dictionaries, typically denoting an action of covering or hiding, such as in descriptions of protective coverings or ceremonial draping. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures its support for encoding in digital systems where preservation of historical Chinese script is necessary.

General Properties

Code Point U+656F
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 敯
HTML Hex Encoding 敯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x95 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x656F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000656F
C/C++/Java Escape \u656f

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 DDBC
kCCCII 243A38
kCNS1986 2-4342
kCNS1992 2-4342
kCangjie RAYE
kCantonese man5
kDaeJaweon 0827.250
kDefinition to defy, dare; strong; to suffocate
kFourCornerCode 7164.7
kGB5 4110
kHanYu 21470.071
kIRGDaeJaweon 0827.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21470.071
kIRGKangXi 0474.131
kIRG_GSource G5-492A
kIRG_HSource HB2-DDBC
kIRG_JSource JMJ-013012
kIRG_KSource K2-3779
kIRG_TSource T2-4342
kJapanese ビン ミン コン
kJapaneseKun OKASU TSUTOMERU
kJapaneseOn BIN MIN KON
kKangXi 0474.131
kMandarin mǐn
kMojiJoho MJ013012
kMorohashi 13318
kRSUnicode 66.9
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 HMT