U+696E "楮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
楮
U+696E "楮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), a plant historically valued in East Asia for its bark, which was used to produce high-quality paper and cloth. In classical and modern Chinese, this character also appears in compound terms for paper itself, such as "楮墨" (chǔ mò) meaning paper and ink or writing materials, and it can denote payments or offerings made from paper in ritual contexts. Additionally, the character is used in Japanese and Korean, where it carries similar meanings related to the paper mulberry or paper, reflecting its enduring cultural significance in East Asian literacy and craftsmanship.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+696E |
| 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 | 楮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 楮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA5 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x696E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000696E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u696e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4D8 |
| kCCCII | 223E69 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F7D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F7D |
| kCangjie | DJKA |
| kCantonese | cyu5 |
| kCihaiT | 710.301 |
| kCowles | 598 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0928.150 |
| kDefinition | mulberry; paper |
| kEACC | 223E69 |
| kFanqie | 丑吕 當古 |
| kFenn | 192I |
| kFennIndex | 98.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4496.0 |
| kGB0 | 7290 |
| kGB1 | 7290 |
| kGSR | 0045i |
| kHangul | 저:0N |
| kHanYu | 21223.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21223.090:chǔ,zhū |
| kIICore | AGTJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0928.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21223.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0541.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-687A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4D8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5C3A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E7AB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6E3F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F7D |
| kIRG_VSource | V0-3A3B |
| kJapanese | チョ ト ショ こうぞ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5094 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOUZO |
| kJapaneseOn | CHO |
| kJis0 | 6026 |
| kKangXi | 0541.090 |
| kKorean | CE |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2816 |
| kMandarin | chǔ |
| kMatthews | 1396 |
| kMeyerWempe | 369a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014229 MJ014229:E0101 MJ014228:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 15172 15172:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2311 |
| kPhonetic | 94 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5243+75.4.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.9 |
| kSBGY | 257.38 265.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 323.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chǔ粵cyu5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2816 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 050.120:chǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | dó |
| kXerox | 277:354 |
| kXHC1983 | 0160.040:chǔ |