U+97E6 "韦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+97E6 "韦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a simplified Chinese character that serves as the simplified form of the traditional character 韋, which originally depicted feet walking around a walled area, symbolizing the concept of surrounding or enclosing, though its primary modern meaning is "leather" or "soft leather" as a bound form. It is a common component in many Chinese words related to leather, such as in 皮革 (pígé, meaning leather), and also appears in historical or classical contexts referring to tanned animal hides. As a radical, it functions in the Kangxi system under the radical 178 (韋), but in simplified Chinese, it is a standalone character with a stroke count of four, often used in names, place names, and vocabulary inherited from Classical Chinese. This character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, representing a core element of written Chinese across diverse applications from literature to everyday signage.