U+6603 "昃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6603 "昃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of the sun moving past its zenith, often translated as "afternoon" or "to slant" or "to decline." In classical Chinese texts, it is frequently used in the compound "昃食" to describe a ruler or diligent person eating late because they are so occupied with work, symbolizing industriousness and devotion to duty. The character is composed of the sun radical "日" on top and the phonetic component "仄" below, which contributes both to its pronunciation and to the idea of leaning or slanting.

General Properties

Code Point U+6603
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 昃
HTML Hex Encoding 昃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x98 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6603
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006603
C/C++/Java Escape \u6603

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 CCCA
kCCCII 223764
kCNS1986 2-272B
kCNS1992 2-272B
kCangjie AMO
kCantonese zak1
kCihaiT 633.501
kDaeJaweon 0852.020
kDefinition afternoon; the sun in the afternoon sky; to decline
kEACC 223764
kFanqie 阻力
kFourCornerCode 6028.1
kGB0 7430
kGB1 7430
kGSR 0924f
kHangul 측:1N
kHanYu 21489.030
kHanyuPinyin 21489.030:zè
kIICore CH
kIRGDaeJaweon 0852.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21489.030
kIRGKangXi 0490.350
kIRG_GSource G0-6A3E
kIRG_HSource HB2-CCCA
kIRG_JSource J0-5A60
kIRG_KPSource KP1-491C
kIRG_KSource K1-7069
kIRG_TSource T2-272B
kIRG_VSource V2-8C7D
kJapanese ショク シキ ソク かたむく
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:3900
kJapaneseKun KATAMUKU
kJapaneseOn SOKU SHOKU
kJis0 5864
kKangXi 0490.350
kKorean CHI
kMainlandTelegraph 2493
kMandarin
kMatthews 6755
kMeyerWempe 134a
kMojiJoho MJ013186
kMorohashi 13785
kPhonetic 58
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+5093+72.4.4
kRSUnicode 72.4
kSMSZD2003Index 289.03
kSMSZD2003Readings zè粵zak1
kTaiwanTelegraph 2493
kTGHZ2013 460.150:zè
kTotalStrokes 8
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kXerox 273:245
kXHC1983 1445.040:zè