U+63B9 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+63B9 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in Cantonese, where it is pronounced roughly as "mang1" and means to pull, pluck, or extract something with force, often implying a sudden or vigorous action. It is composed of the radical 扌 (hand) on the left, indicating a manual action, and the phonetic component 孟 on the right, which hints at its pronunciation. This character is not commonly found in standard Mandarin Chinese but appears in colloquial Cantonese texts, such as in the phrase "掹草" meaning to pull up weeds. Its usage highlights the regional diversity within Chinese writing systems.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
掹
HTML Hex Encoding
掹
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0x8E 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x63B9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000063B9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u63b9

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
243634
kCangjie
QNDT
kCantonese
mang1
kCheungBauer
064/08;QNDT;maang1,mang1,mang3
kCheungBauerIndex
413.02
kCowles
2631.5
kDefinition
(Cant.) to pluck, to pull
kHanYu
31909.041
kIICore
CH
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31909.041
kIRG_GSource
GH-1254
kIRG_HSource
H-9E4C
kKangXi
0440.181
kMandarin
mēng
kPhonetic
868*
kPseudoGB1
9228
kRSUnicode
64.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
H