U+69A8 "榨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
榨
U+69A8 "榨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means "to press" or "to extract," often in the context of squeezing oil or juice from seeds, fruits, or vegetables, such as in the process of making oil from soybeans or juice from sugarcane. It is composed of the wood radical "木" on the left, indicating a connection to trees or wooden implements, and the phonetic component "窄" on the right. This character is commonly used in modern Chinese in words like "榨汁机" (juicer) and "压榨" (to squeeze or exploit). Its historical usage relates to traditional pressing devices, and it remains an essential element in both culinary and industrial terminology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+69A8 |
| 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 | 榨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 榨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x69A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000069A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u69a8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BA5E |
| kCCCII | 214531 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6927 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6927 |
| kCangjie | DJCS |
| kCantonese | zaa3 |
| kCihaiT | 712.204 |
| kCowles | 62 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0931.220 |
| kDefinition | to press or extract juices; a press to extract juices; a vegetable |
| kEACC | 214531 |
| kFanqie | 側駕 |
| kFenn | 150F |
| kFennIndex | 7.12 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4391.1 |
| kGB0 | 5305 |
| kGB1 | 5305 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kHanYu | 21270.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21270.030:zhà |
| kHKGlyph | 1973 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0931.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21270.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0544.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5525 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BA5E |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-445D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4CC5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3C34 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6927 |
| kJapanese | サク サイ サ シャ セ |
| kTGH | 2013:3082 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIBORIKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SA SHA SAI SAKU |
| kJis1 | 3661 |
| kKangXi | 0544.030 |
| kKorean | CA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2834 |
| kMandarin | zhà |
| kMatthews | 83 |
| kMeyerWempe | 47 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014292 |
| kMorohashi | 15259 |
| kPhonetic | 15 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19461+75.4.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.10 |
| kSBGY | 422.31 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+91A1<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 328.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhà粵zaa3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+9162<kMeyerWempe |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2834 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 463.110:zhà |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 256:144 |
| kXHC1983 | 1449.040:zhà |