U+6599 "料" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+6599 "料" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character widely used in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese contexts, primarily meaning "material," "ingredient," or "fee." It combines the radical "斗" (a dipper or measuring tool) with the phonetic component "米" (rice), suggesting the original sense of measuring rice or calculating provisions. In modern usage, it appears in common words like "材料" (cáiliào, meaning materials or data), "料理" (liào lǐ, meaning cooking or cuisine in Japanese), and "料金" (ryōkin, referring to a charge or fee in Japanese). The character also implies foresight or anticipation, as seen in the verb "料る" (hakaru, to measure or estimate), and it carries no connotation of violence or sexuality, being instead a neutral term for physical or abstract resources.