U+68DD "棝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+68DD "棝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character classified under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block, thought to represent a type of wooden implement or container in historical texts. Its composition combines the radical for "wood" (木) on the left side with a phonetic component (古) on the right, suggesting a meaning related to an object made of wood with an ancient or fixed quality. This character appears in classical Chinese lexicons such as the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is defined with limited usage, often referencing old or obscure tools or vessels. In modern contexts, "棝" is seldom used in everyday writing, remaining largely a subject of scholarly interest for those studying archaic scripts or etymology. Its encoding in Unicode ensures that this historical glyph can be digitally preserved and studied across global platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+68DD
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	棝
HTML Hex Encoding	棝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xA3 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x68DD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000068DD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u68dd

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	D9CF
kCCCII	223E26
kCNS1986	2-3C72
kCNS1992	2-3C72
kCangjie	DWJR
kCantonese	gu3
kDaeJaweon	0921.070
kFanqie	古暮
kFourCornerCode	4690.0
kGB5	3627
kHanYu	21232.060
kHanyuPinyin	21232.060:gù
kIRGDaeJaweon	0921.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21232.060
kIRGKangXi	0533.070
kIRG_GSource	G5-443B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D9CF
kIRG_JSource	J1-4427
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-4BD4
kIRG_KSource	K2-3B38
kIRG_TSource	T2-3C72
kJapanese	コ ク
kJapaneseKun	NEZUMIOTOSHI
kJapaneseOn	KO KU
kJis1	3607
kKangXi	0533.070
kMandarin	gù
kMojiJoho	MJ014063
kMorohashi	14946
kPhonetic	758*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21771+75.4.8
kRSUnicode	75.8
kSBGY	368.38
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT