U+642A "搪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+642A "搪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to apply a coating, such as enamel or glaze, to a surface, or to ward off, withstand, or fend off something. It is commonly used in words like "搪瓷" (tángcí), meaning enamel, and "搪塞" (tángsè), meaning to prevaricate or make excuses to evade responsibility. The character's composition includes the hand radical 扌 on the left, with phonetic component 唐 (táng) on the right, reflecting its semantic connection to action and its sound. In historical and modern Chinese writing, this character appears in contexts ranging from industrial and culinary descriptions to everyday language about deflecting blame or obstacles.
General Properties
Code Point
U+642A
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
搪
HTML Hex Encoding
搪
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0x90 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x642A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000642A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u642a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B765
kCCCII
21414A
kCNS1986
1-642D
kCNS1992
1-642D
kCangjie
QILR
kCantonese
tong4
kCihaiT
587.503
kDaeJaweon
0798.180
kDefinition
ward off, evade; parry; block
kEACC
21414A
kFanqie
徒郎
kFenn
723G
kFennIndex
499.07
kFourCornerCode
5006.7
kGB0
4434
kGB1
4434
kHangul
당:1N
kHanYu
31936.020
kHanyuPinlu
táng(14)
kHanyuPinyin
31936.020:táng
kHKGlyph
1623
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31936.020
kIRG_GSource
G0-4C42
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B765
kIRG_JSource
J1-4053
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-46AF
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D23
kIRG_TSource
T1-642D
kJapanese
トウ ドウ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:5358
kJapaneseKun
HARU
kJapaneseOn
TOU DOU
kJis1
3251
kKangXi
0448.010
kKorean
TANG
kMainlandTelegraph
2288
kMandarin
táng
kMatthews
6118
kMojiJoho
MJ012639
kMorohashi
12505
kPhonetic
1381
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19409+64.3.10
kRSUnicode
64.10
kSBGY
178.22
kSemanticVariant
U+508F<kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index
262.15
kSMSZD2003Readings
táng粵tong4,tong5
kTaiwanTelegraph
2288
kTang
dhɑng
kTGHZ2013
360.050:táng
kTotalStrokes
13
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
265:331
kXHC1983
1118.050:táng