U+6AA9 "檩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
檩
U+6AA9 "檩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character commonly used in architecture and construction, where it refers to a horizontal roof beam or purlin, a key structural component in traditional East Asian timber framing. This character is composed of the wood radical on the left, indicating its connection to timber, and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation in Mandarin as "lǐn." In modern usage, it appears in technical vocabulary related to building design and carpentry, as well as in historical texts describing classical Chinese architecture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6AA9 |
| 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 | 檩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 檩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xAA 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6AA9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006AA9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6aa9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2E4174 |
| kCangjie | DYWF |
| kCantonese | lam5 |
| kDefinition | the bole of a tree; a cross beam; the combing round the hatches of a ship |
| kEACC | 2E4174 |
| kFenn | 769E |
| kFennIndex | 310.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4099 |
| kGB0 | 7361 |
| kGB1 | 7361 |
| kHanYu | 21305.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21305.020:lǐn |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21305.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0558.091 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-695D |
| kTGH | 2013:6213 |
| kJapaneseKun | KETA |
| kJapaneseOn | RIN |
| kKangXi | 0558.091 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2882 |
| kMandarin | lǐn |
| kRSUnicode | 75.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 336.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 225.180:lǐn |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "檁" U+6A81 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0718.040:lǐn |