U+6BBC "殼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
殼
U+6BBC "殼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "shell," "husk," or "casing," referring to the hard outer covering of nuts, eggs, or certain animals like turtles and crustaceans. It is also used in a broader sense to denote a physical structure that encases or protects something, such as a shell casing or a chassis. In traditional Chinese and Japanese contexts, this character appears in terms related to biology, mechanics, and even in expressions like "金蟬脫殼" meaning "to escape by cunning," where it symbolizes a discarded outer layer. With historical roots in classical texts, "殼" remains a common component in modern terms for "capsule," "shellfish," and "engine block."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6BBC |
| 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 | 殼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 殼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xAE 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6BBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006BBC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6bbc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4DF |
| kCCCII | 21463C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6026 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6026 |
| kCangjie | GNHNE |
| kCantonese | hok3 |
| kCihaiT | 744.202 |
| kCowles | 1138 |
| kDefinition | casing, shell, husk, hull, skin |
| kEACC | 21463C |
| kFanqie | 苦角 |
| kFenn | 400G |
| kFennIndex | 122.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4724.7 |
| kGB5 | 4872 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 각:0N |
| kHanYu | 32160.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | ké(67) qiào(30) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32160.070:qiào,ké |
| kHKGlyph | 2075 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32160.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0586.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-5068 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4DF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5D57 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDC3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A43 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6026 |
| kJapanese | カク コク キャク から |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | KARA |
| kJapaneseOn | KAKU KOKU |
| kJis0 | 6155 |
| kKangXi | 0586.050 |
| kKorean | KAK |
| kLau | 1213 |
| kMandarin | ké |
| kMatthews | 3406 |
| kMeyerWempe | 766 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014919 MJ014919:E0101 MJ014920:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 16646 16646:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2457 |
| kPhonetic | 493 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5366+79.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 79.8 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+3C7F<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "壳" U+58F3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 347.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qiào粵hok3 ké粵hok3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+58F3<kFenn U+6BBB<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3011 |
| kTang | kak |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | xác |
| kXerox | 250:325 |
| kXHC1983 | 0639.051:ké |