U+6986 "榆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
榆
U+6986 "榆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the elm tree, specifically of the genus Ulmus, and is commonly used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In traditional Chinese culture and literature, this character appears in poetic descriptions of landscapes and in the names of plants, often symbolizing resilience and natural beauty. Its meaning and usage remain consistent across these languages, though its pronunciation varies, such as "yú" in Mandarin and "nire" in Japanese. The character is composed of the wood radical on the left, indicating its association with trees, and a phonetic component on the right that gives a clue to its pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6986 |
| 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 | 榆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 榆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA6 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6986 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006986 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6986 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B7AE |
| kCCCII | 214530 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6454 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6454 |
| kCangjie | DOMN |
| kCantonese | jyu4 |
| kCowles | 4879 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0927.190 |
| kDefinition | elm tree |
| kEACC | 214530 |
| kFanqie | 羊朱 餘昭 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4892.1 |
| kGB0 | 5160 |
| kGB1 | 5160 |
| kGSR | 0125g |
| kHanYu | 21253.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21253.010:yú |
| kHKGlyph | 1971 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0927.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21253.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0542.191 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-535C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B7AE |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-014253 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4C8A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6454 |
| kJapanese | ユ にれ |
| kTGH | 2013:2869 |
| kJapaneseKun | NIRE |
| kJapaneseOn | YU |
| kKangXi | 0542.191 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2810 |
| kMandarin | yú |
| kMatthews | 7634 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3628 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014253 |
| kPhonetic | 1611 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14144+75.4.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.9 |
| kSBGY | 076.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 325.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yú粵jyu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2810 |
| kTang | io |
| kTGHZ2013 | 447.020:yú |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 256:247 |
| kXHC1983 | 1408.110:yú |