U+68F0 "棰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棰
U+68F0 "棰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means a wooden hammer, mallet, or pestle, often used in the context of crushing or beating with a stick. It is composed of the wood radical on the left and the phonetic component "垂" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as "chuí" in Mandarin. This character appears in classical and modern Chinese texts, frequently referring to tools for pounding ingredients in cooking or for breaking up materials, and it can also carry metaphorical meanings related to striking or disciplining in literary works.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68F0 |
| 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 | 棰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68F0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068F0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68f0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DDDE |
| kCCCII | 223E3F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4364 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4364 |
| kCangjie | DHJM |
| kCantonese | ceoi4 |
| kCihaiT | 706.201 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0922.110 |
| kDefinition | a mallet, bludgeon, pestle |
| kEACC | 223E3F |
| kFourCornerCode | 4291.4 |
| kGB0 | 7302 |
| kGB1 | 7302 |
| kHanYu | 21232.130 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21232.130:chuí,duǒ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0922.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21232.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0534.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6922 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DDDE |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-756D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4C15 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3B43 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4364 |
| kJapanese | スイ タ つえ たるき |
| kTGH | 2013:5099 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,85,77 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIE |
| kJapaneseOn | SOI TA |
| kJis1 | 3614 |
| kKangXi | 0534.150 |
| kLau | 409 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2774 |
| kMandarin | chuí |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014083 |
| kMorohashi | 14978 |
| kPhonetic | 1255 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14640+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+69CC<kLau |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 323.24 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chuí粵ceoi4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2774 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 053.090:chuí |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 276:114 |
| kXHC1983 | 0169.010:chuí |