U+97E6 "韦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+97E6 "韦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a simplified Chinese character that serves as the simplified form of the traditional character 韋, which originally depicted feet walking around a walled area, symbolizing the concept of surrounding or enclosing, though its primary modern meaning is "leather" or "soft leather" as a bound form. It is a common component in many Chinese words related to leather, such as in 皮革 (pígé, meaning leather), and also appears in historical or classical contexts referring to tanned animal hides. As a radical, it functions in the Kangxi system under the radical 178 (韋), but in simplified Chinese, it is a standalone character with a stroke count of four, often used in names, place names, and vocabulary inherited from Classical Chinese. This character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, representing a core element of written Chinese across diverse applications from literature to everyday signage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
韦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
韦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0x9F 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x97E6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000097E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u97e6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27602C |
| kCangjie |
QS |
| kCantonese |
wai4 |
| kDefinition |
tanned leather; surname; simplified form of Kangxi radical 178 |
| kEACC |
27602C |
| kFourCornerCode |
5002 |
| kGB0 |
4604 |
| kHanYu |
74503.020 |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
74503.020 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1396.031 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4E24 |
| kIRG_HSource |
H-8BEE |
| kTGH |
2013:3509 |
| kKangXi |
1396.031 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
7279 |
| kMandarin |
wéi |
| kPhonetic |
1433 |
| kRSUnicode |
178'.0 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
381.160:wéi |
| kTotalStrokes |
4 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"韋" U+97CB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GH |
| kXHC1983 |
1193.020:wéi |