U+6F38 "漸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

漸

U+6F38 "漸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is also used in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, where it carries the primary meanings of "gradually" or "little by little." This character is composed of the "water" radical on the left side and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its original association with the idea of water seeping or flowing in a slow, incremental manner. In classical and modern texts, "漸" appears in words like "逐漸" (zhújiàn) meaning "gradually" and in philosophical contexts, such as in the I Ching, where it represents the concept of gradual progress and development. Its Unicode encoding ensures that this character can be consistently represented and exchanged across digital platforms and systems worldwide.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6F38
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	漸
HTML Hex Encoding	漸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xBC 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6F38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006F38
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6f38

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	BAA5
kCCCII	21485A
kCNS1986	1-694C
kCNS1992	1-694C
kCangjie	EJJL
kCantonese	zim6
kCihaiT	829.201
kCowles	4551
kDaeJaweon	1057.130
kDefinition	gradually; hexagram ䷴
kEACC	21485A
kFanqie	子廉慈染
kFenn	212B
kFennIndex	58.09 61.04
kFourCornerCode	3212.1
kGB1	2905
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	0611f
kHangul	점:0E
kHanYu	31717.030
kHanyuPinlu	jiàn(459)
kHanyuPinyin	31717.030:jiàn,jiān,qián,chán
kHKGlyph	2296
kIICore	ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1057.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31717.030
kIRGKangXi	0647.140
kIRG_GSource	G1-3D25
kIRG_HSource	HB1-BAA5
kIRG_JSource	J0-4132
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E8AF
kIRG_KSource	K0-6F42
kIRG_TSource	T1-694C
kIRG_VSource	V1-5D43
kJapanese	ゼンセンサンザンセツセチすすむようやく
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kJapaneseKun	SUSUMU YOUYAKU
kJapaneseOn	ZEN SEN ZAN
kJis0	3318
kKangXi	0647.140
kKorean	CEM CHAM
kLau	1471
kMandarin	jiàn
kMatthews	878
kMeyerWempe	3351
kMojiJoho	MJ015870
kMorohashi	18179
kNelson	2680
kPhonetic	21 181
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2740+85.3.11
kRSUnicode	85.11
kSBGY	227.35 335.19
kSimplifiedVariant	"渐" U+6E10 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	383.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	jiàn粵zim6 jiān粵zim1
kTaiwanTelegraph	3362
kTang	*dzhiɛ̌m
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kVietnamese	tiệm
kXerox	243:277