U+8235 "舵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
舵
U+8235 "舵" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a rudder or helm, commonly used to denote steering mechanisms on ships or boats. It is composed of the radical for a boat or vessel, 舟, which indicates its nautical association, combined with the phonetic component 它. In modern usage, this character appears in words like 舵手 (duòshǒu), meaning helmsman or pilot, and it conveys the idea of guidance, direction, or control, both literally in maritime contexts and metaphorically in leadership or navigation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8235 |
| 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 | 舵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 舵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x88 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8235 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008235 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8235 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B2EB |
| kCCCII | 215445 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5C70 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5C70 |
| kCangjie | HYJP |
| kCantonese | to4 |
| kCihaiT | 1118.404 |
| kCowles | 4416 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1468.080 |
| kDefinition | rudder, helm |
| kEACC | 215445 |
| kFanqie | 徒可 |
| kFenn | 322E |
| kFennIndex | 531.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2341.1 |
| kGB0 | 2270 |
| kGB1 | 2270 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHangul | 타:0N |
| kHanYu | 53060.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53060.060:duò |
| kHKGlyph | 3390 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1468.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53060.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1010.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3666 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B2EB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4249 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EFF2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-766C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5C70 |
| kJapanese | タ ダ かじ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2346 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAJI |
| kJapaneseOn | TA DA |
| kJis0 | 3441 |
| kKangXi | 1010.100 |
| kKorean | THA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5305 |
| kMandarin | duò |
| kMatthews | 6418 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3189 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021395 |
| kMorohashi | 30400 |
| kNelson | 3871 |
| kPhonetic | 1368 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2857+137.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 137.5 |
| kSBGY | 304.19 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+67C1<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 568.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | duò粵to4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5305 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 085.100:duò |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 260:176 |
| kXHC1983 | 0281.040:duò |