U+6E79 "湹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6E79 "湹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical for water, often associated with meanings related to clear water or a deep, flowing body of water. Its precise definition varies across historical and modern dictionaries, but it is generally understood to describe a state of transparency or purity in liquid. This character is not commonly employed in contemporary Chinese writing or everyday speech, and it is primarily encountered in classical texts or specialized linguistic contexts where archaic or obscure logograms are documented. As part of the Unified Repertoire and Ordering of CJK characters under the Unicode standard, "湹" serves as a digital representation of a traditional ideograph that may also be found in Japanese and Korean Hanja usage, though with limited frequency. Its inclusion in the Unicode catalogue ensures that this character remains accessible for historical, literary, and academic purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+6E79
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 湹
HTML Hex Encoding 湹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0xB9 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6E79
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006E79
C/C++/Java Escape \u6e79

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 DA52
kCCCII 224A75
kCNS1986 2-3D56
kCNS1992 2-3D56
kCangjie EMWG
kCantonese cin4
kFourCornerCode 3111.4
kGB5 5411
kHanYu 31672.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31672.010
kIRGKangXi 0639.111
kIRG_GSource G5-562B
kIRG_HSource HB2-DA52
kIRG_KSource K2-4155
kIRG_TSource T2-3D56
kKangXi 0639.111
kMandarin chán
kMorohashi 17908
kRSUnicode 85.9
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HMT