U+6863 "档" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
档
U+6863 "档" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a noun meaning "shelves," "files," "archives," or "records," and is commonly used in contexts related to storage, filing, and classification. In modern usage, it is a key component in words such as "档案" (dàng'àn), which means "file" or "archive," and "档次" (dàngcì), which refers to "grade" or "class" (as in product quality). The character is composed of the radical 木 (mù, meaning "wood") on the left, suggesting a connection to wooden shelves or storage, and the phonetic component 当 (dāng/dàng) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. It is widely used in both simplified and Traditional Mandarin Chinese writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6863 |
| 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 | 档 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 档 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA1 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6863 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006863 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6863 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27455F |
| kCangjie | DFSM |
| kCantonese | dong2 |
| kDefinition | shelf; frame, crosspiece |
| kEACC | 27455F |
| kFourCornerCode | 4997.7 |
| kGB0 | 2121 |
| kHanYu | 21198.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | dàng(23) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21198.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0526.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3535 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5B63 |
| kJapanese | トウ |
| kTGH | 2013:1838 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOSHIKAKE FUCHI |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU |
| kJis0 | 5967 |
| kKangXi | 0526.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2909 |
| kMandarin | dàng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013923 |
| kMorohashi | H256 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5190+75.4.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 317.01 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 067.090:dàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "檔" U+6A94 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0216.060:dàng |