U+6F23 "漣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6F23 "漣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of ripples or small waves, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts to evoke gentle, continuous motion on a water surface. It can also be found in compound words such as "漣漪" (lián yī), which meaningfully translates to "ripples" in English. This character is composed of the water radical (氵) on the left, indicating its aquatic association, and the phonetic component "連" (lián) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and sometimes implies a sense of connection or continuity. In classical Chinese literature, the character often symbolizes fleeting beauty or the subtle disturbance of stillness, making it a vivid and evocative element in written language.

General Properties

Code Point U+6F23
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 漣
HTML Hex Encoding 漣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0xBC 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6F23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006F23
C/C++/Java Escape \u6f23

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 BAA7
kCCCII 214859
kCNS1986 1-694E
kCNS1992 1-694E
kCangjie EYJJ
kCantonese lin4
kCihaiT 828.201
kDaeJaweon 1056.020
kDefinition flowing water; ripples; weeping
kEACC 214859
kFanqie 力延 連彦
kFenn 837K
kFennIndex 306.08
kFourCornerCode 3513.0
kGB1 3316
kGSR 0213b
kHangul 련:0N 연:0
kHanYu 31695.030
kHanyuPinyin 31695.030:lián,lán
kHKGlyph 2298
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1056.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 31695.030
kIRGKangXi 0646.210
kIRG_GSource G1-4130
kIRG_HSource HB1-BAA7
kIRG_JSource J0-4E7A
kIRG_KPSource KP0-D8A7
kIRG_KSource K0-557E
kIRG_TSource T1-694E
kIRG_VSource V1-5D3F
kJapanese レン ラン さざなみ
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun SAZANAMI
kJapaneseOn RAN REN
kJis0 4690
kKangXi 0646.210
kKorean LYEN
kMandarin lián
kMatthews 4012
kMojiJoho MJ015845 MJ015844:E0102 MJ015845:E0103
kMorohashi 18155 18155:E0103
kNelson 2641
kPhonetic 808
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4034+85.3.10
kRSUnicode 85.11
kSBGY 139.09
kSimplifiedVariant "涟" U+6D9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 382.01
kSMSZD2003Readings lián粵lin4
kTaiwanTelegraph 3353
kTang liɛn
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese lăn
kXerox 273:062