U+68C9 "棉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棉
U+68C9 "棉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "cotton." It is composed of two radical components: the wood radical “木” on the left, indicating a connection to plants or trees, and a variant of the “帛” component on the right, which originally referred to silk or cloth, reflecting the character’s association with textile fibers. As a commonly used character in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, “棉” appears in words for cotton plants, cotton fabrics, and related items such as cotton-padded clothing. Its presence in East Asian scripts underscores its historical and ongoing importance in agriculture, industry, and daily life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68C9 |
| 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 | 棉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4D6 |
| kCCCII | 214522 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F7B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F7B |
| kCangjie | DHAB |
| kCantonese | min4 |
| kCihaiT | 702.501 |
| kCowles | 2676 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0920.080 |
| kDefinition | cotton; cotton padded |
| kEACC | 214522 |
| kFanqie | 武延 |
| kFenn | 806C |
| kFennIndex | 341.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4692.7 |
| kGB0 | 3562 |
| kGB1 | 3562 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kHangul | 면:0N |
| kHanYu | 21234.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | mián(392) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21234.030:mián |
| kHKGlyph | 1954 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0920.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21234.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0531.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-435E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4D6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C49 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DAE5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5876 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F7B |
| kJapanese | メン ベン わた |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2574 |
| kJapaneseKun | WATA |
| kJapaneseOn | MEN |
| kJis0 | 4441 |
| kKangXi | 0531.240 |
| kKorean | MYEN |
| kLau | 2137 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2758 |
| kMandarin | mián |
| kMatthews | 4505 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1821 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014039 |
| kMorohashi | 14919 |
| kNelson | 2295 |
| kPhonetic | 897 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3797+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSBGY | 139.38 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 320.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mián粵min4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2758 |
| kTang | *miɛn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 251.070:mián |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 245:315 |
| kXHC1983 | 0784.050:mián |