U+687C "桼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+687C "桼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (pronounced qī in Mandarin) that originally referred to the lacquer tree, specifically the sap or varnish obtained from it. In classical texts, it is an older variant of the more common character 漆, sharing the same meaning related to the dark, resinous coating used for woodwork and art. The character itself combines a tree radical (木) with elements suggesting the dripping sap, visually representing its source. While less frequently used in modern simplified Chinese, it still appears in historical writings, calligraphy, and specialized contexts where traditional character forms are preserved.

General Properties

Code Point	U+687C
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	桼
HTML Hex Encoding	桼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xA1 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x687C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000687C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u687c

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	D5C3
kCCCII	223D4A
kCNS1986	2-3627
kCNS1992	2-3627
kCangjie	DOE
kCantonese	cat1
kCihaiT	702.202
kDaeJaweon	0916.100
kDefinition	the varnish tree; lacquer, varnish, paint
kFanqie	親吉
kFenn	527P
kFennIndex	38.05
kFourCornerCode	4023.2
kGB5	3605
kGSR	0401a
kHanYu	21217.040
kIRGDaeJaweon	0916.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21217.040
kIRGKangXi	0527.170
kIRG_GSource	G5-4425
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D5C3
kIRG_JSource	J14-2E69
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4BC1
kIRG_KSource	K2-3A76
kIRG_TSource	T2-3627
kJapanese	シツ シチ うるし
kJIS0213	2,14,73
kJapaneseKun	URUSHI
kJapaneseOn	SHITSU
kJis1	3574
kKangXi	0527.170
kMandarin	qī
kMatthews	578
kMojiJoho	MJ013949
kMorohashi	14818
kPhonetic	76
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+17800+75.4.7
kRSUnicode	75.7
kSBGY	468.48 469.01
kSemanticVariant	U+3BC3<kMatthews U+6F06<kMatthews
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXHC1983	0892.060:qī