U+6756 "杖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
杖
U+6756 "杖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "staff," "cane," "rod," or "stick," often referring to a walking aid or a ceremonial scepter. It is composed of the radical 木 (wood) on the left and the phonetic component 丈 (zhàng, meaning "ten feet" or a unit of measure) on the right, reflecting its historical use as a wooden implement of standard length. In classical and modern contexts, "杖" appears in terms like 手杖 (walking stick) and 杖刑 (cane punishment), and it also carries symbolic connotations of support, authority, or punishment in East Asian culture and literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6756 |
| 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 | 杖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 杖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9D 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6756 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006756 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6756 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A7FA |
| kCCCII | 214376 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4A5C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4A5C |
| kCangjie | DJK |
| kCantonese | zoeng6 |
| kCihaiT | 673.203 |
| kCowles | 202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0897.050 |
| kDefinition | cane, walking stick |
| kEACC | 214376 |
| kFanqie | 直兩 |
| kFenn | 168C |
| kFennIndex | 16.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4590.0 |
| kGB0 | 5340 |
| kGB1 | 5340 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0722b |
| kHangul | 장:0N |
| kHanYu | 21159.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21159.020:zhàng |
| kHKGlyph | 1853 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0897.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21159.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0512.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5548 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A7FA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E73 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E6EA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6D68 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4A5C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-593E |
| kJapanese | ジョウ つえ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:683 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUE |
| kJapaneseOn | JOU |
| kJis0 | 3083 |
| kKangXi | 0512.010 |
| kKorean | CANG |
| kLau | 1408 1409 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2627 |
| kMandarin | zhàng |
| kMatthews | 202 |
| kMeyerWempe | 217 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013622 MJ013621:E0103 MJ013620:E0105 MJ013622:E0106 |
| kMorohashi | 14469 14469:E0106 |
| kNelson | 2183 |
| kPhonetic | 116 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2523+75.4.3 V+20282+75.4.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.3 |
| kSBGY | 312.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 304.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhàng粵zoeng6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2627 |
| kTang | *dhjiɑ̌ng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 467.020:zhàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trượng |
| kXerox | 257:144 |
| kXHC1983 | 1457.030:zhàng |