U+6923 "椣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6923 "椣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character used primarily in Japanese, where it is known as "shida" or "kure" and refers to a type of deciduous tree, specifically the Japanese alder or a similar hardwood. It is composed of the wood radical "木" on the left, indicating a tree or wood, and the phonetic element "典" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and meaning. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese or Japanese writing, appearing mainly in specialized botanical contexts or historical texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6923
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	椣
HTML Hex Encoding	椣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xA4 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6923
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006923
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6923

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

kCangjie	DTBC
kCantonese	din2
kEACC	695C30
kFourCornerCode	4598.1
kHanYu	21232.051
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21232.051
kIRGKangXi	0537.131
kIRG_GSource	GE-3D40
kIRG_JSource	J0-5C30
kJapanese	しで
kJapaneseKun	SHIDE
kJis0	6016
kKangXi	0537.131
kMandarin	diǎn
kMojiJoho	MJ014141
kMorohashi	H264
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5233+75.4.8
kRSUnicode	75.8
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	J