U+6839 "根" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
根
U+6839 "根" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "root" or "base," representing the underground part of a plant. It is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, to convey concepts such as origin, foundation, or source. In compound words, it appears in terms like "根本" (root and origin, meaning fundamental or essential) and "根系" (root system). The character also carries abstract meanings, such as in mathematics where it denotes a square root, or in cultural contexts referring to one's family roots or heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6839 |
| 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 | 根 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 根 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA0 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6839 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006839 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6839 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AEDA |
| kCCCII | 21444E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-557C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-557C |
| kCangjie | DAV |
| kCantonese | gan1 |
| kCihaiT | 691.302 |
| kCowles | 1538 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0912.090 |
| kDefinition | root, base(d on); foundation |
| kEACC | 21444E |
| kFanqie | 古痕 |
| kFenn | 359C |
| kFennIndex | 246.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4793.2 |
| kGB0 | 2489 |
| kGB1 | 2489 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0416b |
| kHangul | 근:0E |
| kHanYu | 21208.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gēn(1232) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21208.020:gēn |
| kHKGlyph | 1900 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0912.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21208.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0524.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3879 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AEDA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3A2C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1F1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5046 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-557C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-596F |
| kJapanese | コン ね ねざす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1850 |
| kJapaneseKun | NE |
| kJapaneseOn | KON |
| kJis0 | 2612 |
| kKangXi | 0524.070 |
| kKarlgren | 312 |
| kKorean | KUN |
| kLau | 846 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2704 |
| kMandarin | gēn |
| kMatthews | 3328 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1032 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013876 |
| kMorohashi | 14745 |
| kNelson | 2261 |
| kPhonetic | 575 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2076+75.4.6 C+2076+138.6.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.6 |
| kSBGY | 120.26 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 313.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gēn粵gan1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2704 |
| kTang | *gən |
| kTGHZ2013 | 112.020:gēn |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | căn |
| kXerox | 243:342 |
| kXHC1983 | 0375.020:gēn |