U+68C1 "棁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棁
U+68C1 "棁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph that refers to a type of wooden beam or rafter, often specifically denoting the short horizontal beam used in traditional Chinese architecture to support the roof. It belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is composed of the wood radical (木) combined with the phonetic component 兑, reflecting its material and function. In classical texts, it appears in architectural contexts, such as in descriptions of building structures, though it is considered a rare or historical character in modern usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68C1 |
| 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 | 棁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68c1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-3656 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3656 |
| kCangjie | XDCRU |
| kCantonese | zyut3 |
| kDefinition | joist; cane |
| kFanqie | 他骨 他括 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4891.6 |
| kGB3 | 3367 |
| kGB8 | 9181 |
| kHanYu | 21219.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21219.070:tuō,zhuō,ruì |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21219.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0531.131 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4163 |
| kIRG_HSource | HD-68C1 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-014030 |
| kIRG_MSource | MDH-68C1 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3656 |
| kJapanese | セツ タツ エツ タチ トツ うだち つえ |
| kTGH | 2013:4777 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUKA |
| kJapaneseOn | SETSU SECHI TATSU TACHI |
| kKangXi | 0531.131 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2751 |
| kMandarin | zhuō |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014030 |
| kPhonetic | 1392 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 319.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhuō粵zyut3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2751 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 489.120:zhuō |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "梲" U+68B2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 1526.020:zhuō |
| kZVariant | U+68B2 |