U+691F "椟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+691F "椟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning a casket, case, or box, often used for storing valuables or books. In modern usage, it appears in compound words like "买椟还珠," a classical idiom describing someone who buys a visually appealing box but returns the more valuable pearls inside, illustrating a lack of discernment.

General Properties

Code Point	U+691F
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	椟
HTML Hex Encoding	椟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xA4 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x691F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000691F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u691f

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

kCCCII	27456B
kCangjie	DJNK
kCantonese	duk6
kDefinition	cabinet, wardrobe; closet
kEACC	27456B
kFourCornerCode	4498
kGB0	7292
kHanYu	21228.040
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21228.040
kIRGKangXi	0537.131
kIRG_GSource	G0-687C
kTGH	2013:5096
kKangXi	0537.131
kMainlandTelegraph	2927
kMandarin	dú
kPhonetic	1395*
kRSUnicode	75.8
kSMSZD2003Index	323.18
kTGHZ2013	080.150:dú
kTotalStrokes	12
kTraditionalVariant	"櫝" U+6ADD CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0267.020:dú