U+68CD "棍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棍
U+68CD "棍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents a stick, rod, or staff, as well as metaphorically referring to a rascal or scoundrel in colloquial usage. Its radical is wood (木), reflecting its original association with wooden implements, and it is composed of 12 strokes in traditional script. Commonly used in words like "棍子" (gunzi) for a club or "赌棍" (dugun) for a habitual gambler, this character appears across various contexts from everyday objects to slang. Its historical development traces back to ancient Chinese writing systems, where it evolved from pictographic roots depicting a simple wooden tool.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68CD |
| 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 | 棍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68CD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68cd |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4D2 |
| kCCCII | 214479 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F77 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F77 |
| kCangjie | DAPP |
| kCantonese | gwan3 |
| kCowles | 2079 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0920.130 |
| kDefinition | stick, cudgel; scoundrel |
| kEACC | 214479 |
| kFanqie | 胡本 |
| kFenn | 798D |
| kFennIndex | 275.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4691.1 |
| kGB0 | 2587 |
| kGB1 | 2587 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kHangul | 곤:0N |
| kHanYu | 21232.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gùn(74) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21232.030:hùn,āo,gǔn,gùn |
| kHKGlyph | 1951 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0920.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21232.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0532.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3977 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4D2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5B7E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D0AF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4D62 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F77 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5A29 |
| kJapanese | コン ゴン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2572 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUE |
| kJapaneseOn | KON |
| kJis0 | 5994 |
| kKangXi | 0532.050 |
| kKarlgren | 466 |
| kKorean | KON HON |
| kLau | 1040 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2760 |
| kMandarin | gùn |
| kMatthews | 3672 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1390 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014044 |
| kMorohashi | 14924 |
| kNelson | 2289 |
| kPhonetic | 728 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5217+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSBGY | 282.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 320.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gùn粵gwan3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2760 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 125.160:gùn |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | côn gon gòn |
| kXerox | 252:103 |
| kXHC1983 | 0422.030:gùn |