U+6E53 "湓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6E53 "湓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of water overflowing or gushing forth, often used in classical texts to describe a river or liquid surging beyond its banks. It is composed of the radical for water (氵) on the left, indicating its association with water, and the phonetic component 盆 (pén, meaning basin) on the right, which also hints at the idea of filling a container until it spills. Historically, this character appears in literary works and historical records, sometimes serving as a place name or in compound words related to flooding or vigorous water flow. In modern usage, while less common in everyday language, it remains part of standard character sets for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, reflecting its enduring presence in East Asian typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+6E53
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 湓
HTML Hex Encoding 湓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0xB9 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6E53
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006E53
C/C++/Java Escape \u6e53

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 DA4B
kCCCII 224B34
kCNS1986 2-3D4F
kCNS1992 2-3D4F
kCangjie ECST
kCantonese pun4
kCihaiT 815.202
kDaeJaweon 1044.020
kDefinition a river in Jiangxi province
kEACC 224B34
kFanqie 蒲奔 匹問 普悶
kFourCornerCode 3811.7
kGB0 6852
kGB1 6852
kHangul 분:1N
kHanYu 31682.060
kHanyuPinyin 31682.060:pèn,pén
kIRGDaeJaweon 1044.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31682.060
kIRGKangXi 0636.320
kIRG_GSource G0-6454
kIRG_HSource HB2-DA4B
kIRG_JSource J14-6E7A
kIRG_KPSource KP1-5242
kIRG_KSource K1-6254
kIRG_TSource T2-3D4F
kIRG_VSource V1-5C7C
kJapanese フン ホン ボン
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:7430
kJIS0213 2,78,90
kJapaneseKun AHURERU
kJapaneseOn HON FUN BON
kJis1 3989
kKangXi 0636.320
kKorean PWUN
kMainlandTelegraph 3288
kMandarin pén
kMatthews 5035
kMojiJoho MJ015607
kMorohashi 17832
kPhonetic 1091
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+17964+85.3.9
kRSUnicode 85.9
kSBGY 119.43 396.21 399.44
kSMSZD2003Index 374.11
kSMSZD2003Readings pén粵pun4
kTaiwanTelegraph 3288
kTang bhən
kTGHZ2013 278.120:pén
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kVietnamese bùn
kXerox 301:123
kXHC1983 0862.020:pén