U+6D4E "济" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
济
U+6D4E "济" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries the primary meaning of to cross a river, to help, or to be of benefit, and it is composed of the water radical 氵 on the left and a phonetic component on the right. In modern usage, it appears in words such as 经济 (jīngjì) meaning economy, 救济 (jiùjì) meaning relief or aid, and 无济于事 (wú jì yú shì) meaning to be of no help. This character has historical roots in classical Chinese texts where it often described the act of crossing a river, which metaphorically extended to overcoming difficulties and providing assistance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6D4E |
| 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 | 济 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 济 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB5 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6D4E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006D4E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6d4e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 274926 |
| kCangjie | EYKL |
| kCantonese | zai3 |
| kDefinition | help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross |
| kEACC | 274926 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3012 |
| kGB0 | 2835 |
| kHanYu | 31615.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jì(1008) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31615.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0623.171 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3C43 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-896B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-513F |
| kTGH | 2013:1678 |
| kKangXi | 0623.171 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3444 |
| kMandarin | jì |
| kPhonetic | 56 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 365.11 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 157.050:jǐ 158.120:jì |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "濟" U+6FDF CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0530.050:jǐ 0531.130:jì |
| kStrange | I:U+6E08 |