U+6F6E "潮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
潮
U+6F6E "潮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "tide" or "current," referring to the periodic rise and fall of ocean waters. It can also denote a broader sense of trend, wave, or upsurge in social or cultural movements. Composed of the water radical on the left and the phonetic component on the right, this character is frequently used in words like "潮汐" meaning tides, "潮流" meaning trend or current, and "高潮" meaning climax or high tide. Its usage spans from literal descriptions of natural phenomena to metaphorical expressions in modern language, such as "浪潮" for wave or "潮热" for damp heat in traditional Chinese medicine.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6F6E |
| 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 | 潮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 潮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xBD 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6F6E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006F6E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6f6e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BCE9 |
| kCCCII | 214875 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6D53 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6D53 |
| kCangjie | EJJB |
| kCantonese | ciu4 |
| kCihaiT | 831.601 |
| kCowles | 570 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1060.180 |
| kDefinition | tide; moist, wet, damp; flow |
| kEACC | 214875 |
| kFanqie | 直遙 |
| kFenn | 16C |
| kFennIndex | 21.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3712.0 |
| kGB0 | 1917 |
| kGB1 | 1917 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 1143d |
| kHangul | 조:0E |
| kHanYu | 31737.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | cháo(151) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31737.050:cháo |
| kHKGlyph | 2317 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1060.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31737.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0650.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3331 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BCE9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-442C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9A4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-704D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6D53 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5D4D |
| kJapanese | チョウ しお うしお |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3292 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIO USHIO |
| kJapaneseOn | CHOU |
| kJis0 | 3612 |
| kKangXi | 0650.190 |
| kKorean | CO |
| kLau | 335 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3390 |
| kMandarin | cháo |
| kMatthews | 250 |
| kMeyerWempe | 321 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015937 MJ015937:E0102 MJ015936:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 18277' 18277':E0102 18277:E0103 |
| kNelson | 2702 |
| kPhonetic | 217 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3016+85.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.12 |
| kSBGY | 147.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 385.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | cháo粵ciu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3390 |
| kTang | *djhiɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 040.100:cháo |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | triều |
| kXerox | 250:072 |
| kXHC1983 | 0128.010:cháo |