U+695A "楚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+695A "楚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "clear" or "distinct," but also carries historical and cultural significance as the name of the ancient State of Chu during the Zhou dynasty, a major kingdom in southern China known for its distinct culture and contributions to Chinese civilization. In modern usage, it appears in words like "清楚" (qingchu, meaning "clear" or "understood") and "楚国" (Chu guo, referring to the historical state), and it is also a common surname. The character is composed of the wood radical suggesting a connection to trees or wooden objects, combined with phonetic elements, and it holds a place in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard, which encodes characters used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.