U+685D "桝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+685D "桝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily functions as a variant or simplified form of the character 枡, though it also appears in Japanese as a kanji. Its meaning is closely associated with a square wooden measuring container used for rice or other grains, often referred to as a "masu" in Japanese contexts. In Chinese, the character can be used to denote a unit of dry measure or a box-like vessel. The glyph combines the wood radical (木) with a phonetic or structural element suggesting a square or joint, reflecting its concrete origins in traditional East Asian measurement tools. While not among the most common characters in either language, it holds specific cultural and historical significance in the contexts of old measurement systems, brewing, and sake production.

General Properties

Code Point U+685D
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 桝
HTML Hex Encoding 桝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0xA1 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x685D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000685D
C/C++/Java Escape \u685d

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

kCCCII 223C55
kCangjie DNIQ
kCantonese git6
kDefinition (variant of 枡) a measuring box
kEACC 223C55
kFourCornerCode 4590.0
kHanYu 21203.051
kIICore AJ
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21203.051
kIRGKangXi 0526.211
kIRG_GSource GE-3C79
kIRG_HSource H-FCFE
kIRG_JSource J0-4B71
kIRG_KSource K2-3A6D
kJapanese ます
kJapaneseKun MASU
kJis0 4381
kKangXi 0526.211
kMandarin jié
kMojiJoho MJ013919 MJ013919:E0103 MJ013918:E0104 MJ013920:E0105
kMorohashi 49165:E0104
kNelson 2242
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+3743+75.4.7 C+3743+136.7.4 V+13509+75.4.7 V+13509+136.7.4 V+14046+75.4.6 V+14046+136.6.4
kRSUnicode 75.6
kTotalStrokes 10
kUnihanCore2020 HJ