U+6E34 "渴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
渴
U+6E34 "渴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "thirsty" or "to thirst," and it also conveys the broader sense of longing or yearning for something. Composed of the radical 氵 (water) on the left and the phonetic component 曷 on the right, its structure reflects the original connection to dryness and the desire for liquid. This character is used in modern Mandarin Chinese to describe physical thirst, as in 口渴 (kǒu kě, "thirsty"), as well as metaphorical craving, such as 渴望 (kě wàng, "to yearn for"). It appears in classical texts and everyday speech, often carrying a nuanced implication of urgent need or deep desire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6E34 |
| 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 | 渴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 渴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB8 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6E34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006E34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6e34 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4F7 |
| kCCCII | 21482F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-603E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-603E |
| kCangjie | EAPV |
| kCantonese | hot3 |
| kCihaiT | 813.401 |
| kCowles | 1198 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1042.070 |
| kDefinition | thirsty, parched; yearn, pine |
| kEACC | 21482F |
| kFanqie | 苦曷 渠列 |
| kFenn | 239A |
| kFennIndex | 254.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3612.7 |
| kGB0 | 3142 |
| kGB1 | 3142 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0313j |
| kHangul | 갈:0E |
| kHanYu | 31676.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | kě(48) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31676.040:jié,kě,kài,hé |
| kHKGlyph | 2251 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1042.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31676.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0635.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3F4A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4F7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J3-7678 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDE4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A64 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-603E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5C77 |
| kJapanese | カツ カチ ケツ ゲチ カイ かわく |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+6E07 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2758 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,86,88 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAWAKU KAWAKI |
| kJapaneseOn | KATSU |
| kKangXi | 0635.090 |
| kKarlgren | 73 |
| kKorean | KAL KEL |
| kLau | 1240 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3265 |
| kMandarin | kě |
| kMatthews | 3401 |
| kMeyerWempe | 806 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015573 |
| kMorohashi | 17788 |
| kNelson | 2608 |
| kPhonetic | 510 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+13330+85.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.9 |
| kSBGY | 483.65 497.28 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 374.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kě粵hot3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3265 |
| kTang | kɑt |
| kTGHZ2013 | 196.040:kě |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | khát |
| kXerox | 254:254 |
| kXHC1983 | 0640.010:kě |