U+6DE6 "淦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

淦

U+6DE6 "淦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in modern internet slang, though its etymological roots trace back to classical Chinese where it originally meant "water seeping into a boat" or referred to a river name. In contemporary online communication, particularly in Chinese social media and gaming contexts, it has evolved into a euphemistic and humorous substitute for the vulgar expletive "干" (gàn), often employed to express frustration, surprise, or emphasis without using explicit profanity. This character is composed of the water radical (氵) and the phonetic component "金" (jīn), and its usage as slang has become widespread since the 2010s, sometimes generating memes and creative expressions within digital communities.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6DE6
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	淦
HTML Hex Encoding	淦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xB7 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6DE6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006DE6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6de6

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	B268
kCCCII	224A4A
kCNS1986	1-5B6D
kCNS1992	1-5B6D
kCangjie	EC
kCantonese	gam3
kCihaiT	803.403
kDaeJaweon	1033.050
kDefinition	river in Jiangxi province; water leaking into a boat
kEACC	224A4A
kFanqie	古南古暗
kFourCornerCode	3811.9
kGB0	6838
kGB1	6838
kHangul	감:1N
kHanYu	31653.030
kHanyuPinyin	31653.030:gàn,hán
kIICore	AGTJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1033.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31653.030
kIRGKangXi	0630.250
kIRG_GSource	G0-6446
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B268
kIRG_JSource	J0-5E40
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-51AA
kIRG_KSource	K1-5750
kIRG_TSource	T1-5B6D
kJapanese	カンコンゴン
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:4975
kJapaneseKun	AKA DORO
kJapaneseOn	KAN KON
kJis0	6232
kKangXi	0630.250
kKarlgren	387
kKorean	KEM
kMainlandTelegraph	3227
kMandarin	gàn
kMatthews	3238
kMojiJoho	MJ015486
kMorohashi	17667
kNelson	2594
kPhonetic	566
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5437+85.3.8 C+5437+167.8.3
kRSUnicode	85.8
kSBGY	223.22 441.41
kSMSZD2003Index	370.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	gàn粵gam3
kTaiwanTelegraph	3227
kTGHZ2013	107.080:gàn
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	273:133
kXHC1983	0359.080:gàn