U+686D "桭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

桭

U+686D "桭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily appears in classical or literary contexts, rather than in modern everyday usage. Its meaning is associated with the concept of "the eaves of a house" or "the ridgepole," reflecting a structural element of traditional East Asian architecture. In older texts, it can also carry a symbolic sense related to the foundation or support of a building, or more broadly, something that stabilizes or anchors. Due to its specialized and somewhat archaic nature, this character is rarely encountered outside of historical literature, poetry, or scholarly discussions of ancient construction terminology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+686D
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	桭
HTML Hex Encoding	桭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xA1 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x686D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000686D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u686d

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

kBigFive	D5B4
kCCCII	223D25
kCNS1986	2-3576
kCNS1992	2-3576
kCangjie	DMMV
kCantonese	san4
kCihaiT	697.301
kDaeJaweon	0915.170
kDefinition	eaves; space between two pillars
kEACC	223D25
kFanqie	側鄰植鄰
kFourCornerCode	4193.2
kGB3	3347
kHangul	진:0N
kHanYu	21212.010
kHanyuPinyin	21212.010:zhēn,chén,zhèn
kIICore	AKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0915.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21212.010
kIRGKangXi	0526.240
kIRG_GSource	G3-414F
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D5B4
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-013929
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EAFD
kIRG_KSource	K0-724D
kIRG_TSource	T2-3576
kJapanese	シン
kKoreanName	2015
kKangXi	0526.240
kKorean	CIN
kMandarin	zhēn
kMojiJoho	MJ013929
kMorohashi	14799
kPhonetic	1129*
kRSUnicode	75.7
kSBGY	101.23 102.15
kTaiwanTelegraph	8566
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	HKMPT
kXerox	311:266