U+6C8C "沌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
沌
U+6C8C "沌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of chaos or confusion, often associated with the primordial state of the universe before creation. In classical texts, it appears in the term "混沌" (hùndùn), which refers to the formless, muddled condition from which the cosmos emerged in Chinese mythology, akin to the Western concept of chaos. The character itself combines the water radical "氵" on the left, indicating a fluid or formless nature, with the phonetic component "屯" on the right. While its usage today is less common in everyday modern Chinese, "沌" retains significance in literary, philosophical, and mythological contexts, evoking a sense of primal disorder and potential.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6C8C |
| 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 | 沌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 沌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB2 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6C8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006C8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6c8c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A850 |
| kCCCII | 21466F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4A71 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4A71 |
| kCangjie | EPU |
| kCantonese | deon6 |
| kCihaiT | 771.102 |
| kCowles | 4271 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1003.040 |
| kDefinition | chaotic, confused; turbid, murky |
| kEACC | 21466F |
| kFanqie | 徒渾 徒損 持兖 |
| kFenn | 376G |
| kFennIndex | 576.11 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3511.7 |
| kGB0 | 6771 |
| kGB1 | 6771 |
| kGSR | 0427h |
| kHangul | 돈:0N |
| kHanYu | 31561.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31561.090:dùn,tún,chún,zhuàn |
| kHKGlyph | 2130 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1003.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31561.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0610.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6367 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A850 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4659 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6C4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5447 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4A71 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5B6E |
| kJapanese | トン ドン シュン ジュン テン デン |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3770 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUSAGARU KURAI OROKA |
| kJapaneseOn | TON |
| kJis0 | 3857 |
| kKangXi | 0610.100 |
| kKorean | TON |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3090 |
| kMandarin | dùn |
| kMatthews | 6595 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3594 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015136 |
| kMorohashi | 17193 |
| kNelson | 2495 |
| kPhonetic | 1385 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3249+85.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.4 |
| kSBGY | 119.26 282.43 294.24 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 357.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dùn粵deon6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3090 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 083.160:dùn 487.020:zhuàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | xộn |
| kXerox | 266:115 |
| kXHC1983 | 0277.110:dùn 1521.080:zhuàn |