U+6801 "栁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
栁
U+6801 "栁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a variant of the Chinese character for "willow" often used in Japanese and traditional Chinese contexts, representing a tree with slender, drooping branches. It is visually distinct from the more common modern form "柳" (U+67F3), featuring a different arrangement of strokes in its radical component. This character appears in historical texts, personal names, and place names, particularly in East Asian calligraphy and classical literature, where it evokes images of grace and resilience. Its encoding in Unicode ensures preservation and consistent digital representation across platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6801 |
| 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 | 栁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 栁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA0 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6801 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006801 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6801 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 334441 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2D37 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2D37 |
| kCangjie | DNIL |
| kCantonese | lau5 |
| kDefinition | willow |
| kHanYu | 21187.040 |
| kIBMJapan | FAE5 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21187.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0521.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3C62 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FCFB |
| kIRG_JSource | J3-755D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4AF3 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2D37 |
| kJapanese | リュウ やなぎ |
| kJIS0213 | 1,85,61 |
| kKangXi | 0521.121 |
| kMandarin | liǔ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013815 MJ013815:E0102 MJ013816:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 14684 14684:E0102 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14066+75.4.5 V+8494+75.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.5 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+67F3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 312.04 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |