# 搪 U+642A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642A

A Chinese character meaning “ward off, evade; parry; block”, read táng in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `搪` |
| Codepoint | U+642A |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642A |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `搪` `搪` |
| CSS | `\642A` |
| JavaScript | `\u642A` |
| UTF-8 | E6 90 AA |
| UTF-16 | 642A |
| Definition | ward off, evade; parry; block |
| Mandarin | táng |
| Cantonese | tong4 |
| Japanese | TOU DOU HARU |
| Korean | TANG |

## Related characters

- 搩 [U+6429 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6429](https://unicodekit.com/char/6429)
- 搫 [U+642B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642B](https://unicodekit.com/char/642B)
- 搨 [U+6428 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6428](https://unicodekit.com/char/6428)
- 搬 [U+642C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642C](https://unicodekit.com/char/642C)
- 搧 [U+6427 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6427](https://unicodekit.com/char/6427)
- 搭 [U+642D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642D](https://unicodekit.com/char/642D)
- 搦 [U+6426 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6426](https://unicodekit.com/char/6426)
- 搮 [U+642E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642E](https://unicodekit.com/char/642E)
- 搥 [U+6425 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6425](https://unicodekit.com/char/6425)
- 搯 [U+642F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642F](https://unicodekit.com/char/642F)
- 搤 [U+6424 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6424](https://unicodekit.com/char/6424)
- 搰 [U+6430 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6430](https://unicodekit.com/char/6430)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/642A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/642A