U+6C42 "求" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

求

U+6C42 "求" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies the act of seeking, requesting, or pursuing something. Its fundamental meaning revolves around the concept of searching for or desiring an object, answer, or outcome, and it is commonly used in compound words such as 请求, meaning to request, and 追求, meaning to pursue or chase after. In classical texts, the character's form is thought to derive from ancient depictions of a hand reaching out to seize or gather something, which has evolved into its modern simplified shape. This ideograph appears frequently in formal, literary, and everyday contexts across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written languages, where it often conveys an earnest effort to obtain or achieve a goal.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6C42
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	求
HTML Hex Encoding	求
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xB1 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6C42
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006C42
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6c42

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	A844
kCCCII	214661
kCNS1986	1-4A65
kCNS1992	1-4A65
kCangjie	IJE
kCantonese	kau4
kCihaiT	763.302
kCowles	1936
kDaeJaweon	0998.010
kDefinition	seek; demand, request; beseech
kEACC	214661
kFanqie	巨鳩
kFenn	524A
kFennIndex	86.08
kFourCornerCode	4313.2
kGB0	3983
kGB1	3983
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	1066a
kHangul	구:0E
kHanYu	31547.080
kHanyuPinlu	qiú(818)
kHanyuPinyin	31547.080:qiú
kHKGlyph	2120
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0998.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31547.080
kIRGKangXi	0604.040
kIRG_GSource	G0-4773
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A844
kIRG_JSource	J0-3561
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D0FA
kIRG_KSource	K0-4F34
kIRG_TSource	T1-4A65
kIRG_VSource	V1-5B5D
kJapanese	キュウグクもとめるもとめ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:690
kJapaneseKun	MOTOMERU
kJapaneseOn	KYUU
kJis0	2165
kKangXi	0604.040
kKarlgren	249
kKorean	KWU
kLau	1672
kMainlandTelegraph	3061
kMandarin	qiú
kMatthews	1217
kMeyerWempe	1083
kMojiJoho	MJ015049 MJ015049:E0101 MJ059770:E0102 MJ057940:E0103
kMorohashi	17105 17105:E0101
kNelson	0137
kPhonetic	592
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1659+85.4.2
kRSUnicode	85.2
kSBGY	210.18
kSMSZD2003Index	354.13
kSMSZD2003Readings	qiú粵kau4
kTaiwanTelegraph	3061
kTang	*ghiou
kTGHZ2013	306.050:qiú
kTotalStrokes	7
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	cầu
kXerox	242:157
kXHC1983	0939.150:qiú