U+6996 "榖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
榖
U+6996 "榖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily refers to a type of deciduous tree, specifically the paper mulberry, and also denotes the bark of this tree, which was historically used for making paper and cloth. In classical texts, it can function as a verb meaning "to cultivate" or "to grow," and it is a variant of the character 穀 (grain), reflecting its broader associations with agriculture and natural resources. This character is composed of the wood radical and a phonetic component, and it is a less common logogram found in literary and historical Chinese contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6996 |
| 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 | 榖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 榖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA6 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6996 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006996 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6996 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E242 |
| kCCCII | 223F5B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4A68 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4A68 |
| kCangjie | GDHNE |
| kCantonese | guk1 |
| kCihaiT | 712.102 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0930.370 |
| kDefinition | paper mulberry |
| kEACC | 22454D |
| kFanqie | 古禄 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4794.7 |
| kGB3 | 4717 |
| kGB8 | 9258 |
| kGSR | 1226h |
| kHanYu | 32163.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32163.030:gǔ |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0930.370 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32163.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0543.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4F31 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E242 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2F35 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4C9E |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3C2E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4A68 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5A46 |
| kJapanese | コク コウ ク こうぞ かじ |
| kTGH | 2013:5641 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,15,21 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOUZO |
| kJapaneseOn | KOKU KOU KU |
| kJis1 | 3656 |
| kKangXi | 0543.070 |
| kKarlgren | 506 |
| kKorean | KOK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2828 |
| kMandarin | gǔ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014271 |
| kMorohashi | 15229 |
| kPhonetic | 493 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17835+75.4.10 C+17835+79.4.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.10 |
| kSBGY | 449.33 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 327.16 347.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gǔ粵guk1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2828 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 118.160:gǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | cốc |
| kXerox | 324:354 |
| kXHC1983 | 0400.040:gǔ |