U+68B0 "械" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
械
U+68B0 "械" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "tool," "instrument," or "machine" and is commonly used in the context of weapons or mechanical devices, such as in the word "機械" meaning machinery. Its structure combines the wood radical (木) on the left, reflecting an original association with wooden tools or restraints, and a phonetic component (戒) on the right that hints at its pronunciation in Mandarin as "xiè." This character appears in a variety of compounds, including "武器" for weapon and "器械" for apparatus, and it holds historical significance in Chinese texts referring to instruments of torture or warfare.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68B0 |
| 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 | 械 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 械 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA2 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68b0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B1F1 |
| kCCCII | 21445B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5B37 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5B37 |
| kCangjie | DIT |
| kCantonese | haai6 |
| kCihaiT | 701.502 |
| kCowles | 917 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0919.040 |
| kDefinition | weapons; implements, instruments |
| kEACC | 21445B |
| kFanqie | 胡介 |
| kFenn | 337F |
| kFennIndex | 176.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4395.0 |
| kGB0 | 4821 |
| kGB1 | 4821 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0990d |
| kHangul | 계:0E |
| kHanYu | 21209.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiè(174) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21209.060:xiè |
| kHKGlyph | 1925 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0919.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21209.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0531.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5035 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B1F1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3323 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D3C2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4C7E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5B37 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5A23 |
| kJapanese | カイ ガイ かせ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2219 |
| kJapaneseKun | KASE |
| kJapaneseOn | KAI |
| kJis0 | 1903 |
| kKangXi | 0531.030 |
| kKarlgren | 363 |
| kKorean | KYEY |
| kLau | 1090 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2750 |
| kMandarin | xiè |
| kMatthews | 2538 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014016 |
| kMorohashi | 14882 |
| kNelson | 2264 |
| kPhonetic | 540 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1409+75.4.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.7 |
| kSBGY | 385.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 319.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiè粵haai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2750 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 406.040:xiè |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | giới |
| kXerox | 254:270 |
| kXHC1983 | 1277.020:xiè |