U+6987 "榇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6987 "榇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "coffin" or "bier," specifically referring to a simple, unadorned coffin or a wooden frame used for carrying a corpse to burial. This character is composed of the wood radical 木 (mù) on the left, indicating its association with trees or wood, and the phonetic component 亲 (qīn), which historically suggests a connection to kinship or closeness, reflecting its role in funerary rites. In classical Chinese texts, it appears in contexts related to death and mourning, such as in the idiom "棺椁" (guān guǒ) for inner and outer coffins, but is now less common in modern everyday language, surviving mainly in literary or ceremonial usage.