U+62E0 "拠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+62E0 "拠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that serves as a variant or simplified form of the character 據, which means "basis," "evidence," "to rely on," or "according to." In modern usage, particularly in Japanese, 拠 (kyo) commonly appears in compound words like 拠点 (kyoten, meaning "base" or "stronghold") and 根拠 (konkyo, meaning "grounds" or "basis"). The character is composed of the hand radical 扌 on the left, indicating an action involving the hand, and the phonetic component 居 on the right, which also contributes the meaning of "to dwell" or "to be situated." It is classified under the Kangxi radical 64 (hand) and is used in both traditional and simplified contexts across East Asian writing systems.