U+6697 "暗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
暗
U+6697 "暗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "dark," "dim," or "gloomy," and is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its semantic components include the sun radical (日) on the left, suggesting brightness or light, combined with the phonetic element 音 (sound), together conveying the idea of obscured or muted light. This character appears in words like "黑暗" (hēi'àn, meaning darkness) and "暗示" (ànshì, meaning a hint or implication), reflecting its extended usage in expressing literal darkness as well as figurative concepts of concealment or ambiguity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6697 |
| 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 | 暗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 暗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9A 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6697 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006697 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6697 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B774 |
| kCCCII | 21433E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-643C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-643C |
| kCangjie | AYTA |
| kCantonese | am3 |
| kCihaiT | 645.301 |
| kCowles | 3106 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0866.200 |
| kDefinition | dark; obscure; in secret, covert |
| kEACC | 21433E |
| kFanqie | 烏紺 |
| kFenn | 90C |
| kFennIndex | 4.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6006.1 |
| kGB0 | 1621 |
| kGB1 | 1621 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0653h |
| kHangul | 암:0E |
| kHanYu | 21526.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | àn(329) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21526.060:àn |
| kHKGlyph | 1796 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0866.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21526.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0498.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3035 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B774 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3045 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7D0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-645E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-643C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5867 |
| kJapanese | アン オン くらい やみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2909 |
| kJapaneseKun | KURAI YAMI |
| kJapaneseOn | AN |
| kJis0 | 1637 |
| kKangXi | 0498.270 |
| kKarlgren | 277 |
| kKorean | AM |
| kLau | 25 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2542 |
| kMandarin | àn |
| kMatthews | 36 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2152 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013356 MJ013356:E0102 MJ013357:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 14065 14065:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2154 |
| kPhonetic | 1473 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1161+72.4.9 C+1161+180.9.4 V+13638+72.4.9 V+13638+180.9.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.9 |
| kSBGY | 442.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 294.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | àn粵am3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2542 |
| kTang | *qòm |
| kTGHZ2013 | 004.070:àn |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ám |
| kXerox | 244:301 |
| kXHC1983 | 0009.030:àn |