U+6587 "文" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

文

U+6587 "文" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental and highly versatile character used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) writing systems, where it most commonly means "text," "script," "language," "culture," "literature," or "character." In its ancient form, the pictograph originally depicted a human torso with a painted or tattooed chest, symbolizing patterns and ornamentation, which later evolved to represent written language and cultural refinement. This character serves as a key component in countless compounds, such as "文化" (wénhuà) meaning "culture," "文学" (wénxué) meaning "literature," and "文字" (wénzì) meaning "character" or "script," reflecting its deep connection to the core concepts of civilization and knowledge across East Asian societies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6587
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	文
HTML Hex Encoding	文
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x96 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6587
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006587
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6587

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	A4E5
kCCCII	214258
kCNS1986	1-4546
kCNS1992	1-4546
kCangjie	YK
kCantonese	man4
kCihaiT	608.402
kCowles	2612 2616
kDaeJaweon	0831.390
kDefinition	literature, culture, writing
kEACC	214258
kFanqie	無分
kFenn	546B
kFennIndex	602.01 602.04
kFourCornerCode	0040.0
kGB0	4636
kGB1	4636
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	0475a
kHangul	문:0E
kHanYu	32169.010
kHanyuPinlu	wén(1890)
kHanyuPinyin	32169.010:wén
kHDZRadBreak	⽂[U+2F42]:32169.010
kHKGlyph	1728
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0831.390
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	32169.010
kIRGKangXi	0477.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-4E44
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A4E5
kIRG_JSource	J0-4A38
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-DBEC
kIRG_KSource	K0-597E
kIRG_TSource	T1-4546
kIRG_VSource	V1-5830
kJapanese	ブンモンビンミンふみあやかざる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:161
kJapaneseKun	FUMI AYA KAZARU
kJapaneseOn	BUN MON
kJis0	4224
kKangXi	0477.010
kKorean	MWUN
kLau	2087 2088
kMainlandTelegraph	2429
kMandarin	wén
kMatthews	7129
kMeyerWempe	1772 1776
kMojiJoho	MJ013040 MJ013040:E0102 MJ013041:E0103
kMorohashi	13450:E0103
kNelson	2064
kPhonetic	877
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+3592+67.4.0 V+20131+67.4.0
kRSUnicode	67.0
kSBGY	109.30
kSMSZD2003Index	280.05
kSMSZD2003Readings	wén粵man4 wén,wèn粵man6
kSpecializedSemanticVariant	U+349A<kFenn U+7A69<kFenn
kTaiwanTelegraph	2429
kTang	*miən
kTGHZ2013	385.080:wén
kTotalStrokes	4
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	văn
kXerox	242:112
kXHC1983	1203.060:wén