U+77F6 "矶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+77F6 "矶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in East Asian writing systems, where it functions as a simplified form of the traditional character "磯." In modern Chinese, "矶" denotes a rock or rocky ledge, often found near water, such as a riverbank or seashore, and it appears in place names and classical literature. Its radical is derived from the stone element, reflecting its meaning related to hard surfaces, and it is encoded in Unicode to support digital text representation across multiple languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.