U+65B5 "斵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
斵
U+65B5 "斵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the act of cutting, chopping, or carving, often with a specific connotation of using an axe or similar tool to hew wood or stone in a precise manner. It is composed of components related to an axe and a vessel or metal, reflecting its historical usage in contexts such as sculpting or shaping materials in classical texts and calligraphy. This character is less common in modern simplified Chinese, but it appears in Classical Chinese literature and certain artistic or technical descriptions, maintaining its place in the Unihan database as a symbol of craftsmanship and manual skill.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+65B5 |
| 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 | 斵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 斵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x96 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x65B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000065B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u65b5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2E3729 |
| kCNS1986 | E-546B |
| kCNS1992 | 3-546B |
| kCangjie | HMHML |
| kCantonese | zoek3 |
| kCihaiT | 618.605 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0841.180 |
| kDefinition | to cut to pieces; to hack; to chop or hew; to carve for ornaments |
| kEACC | 2E3729 |
| kHanYu | 32028.060 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0841.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32028.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0480.310 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3B4F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FCCD |
| kIRG_JSource | J4-2D6B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-48B0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3836 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-546B |
| kJapanese | タク きる |
| kJIS0213 | 2,13,75 |
| kKangXi | 0480.310 |
| kMandarin | zhuó |
| kMatthews | 1263 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013094 MJ013094:E0101 MJ013093:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 13604 13604:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1324 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17726+69.4.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 69.13 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+65B2<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 284.03 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |