# 撐 U+6490 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6490

A Chinese character meaning “prop up, support; brace; to push off (with a pole)”, read chēng in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `撐` |
| Codepoint | U+6490 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6490 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `撐` `撐` |
| CSS | `\6490` |
| JavaScript | `\u6490` |
| UTF-8 | E6 92 90 |
| UTF-16 | 6490 |
| Definition | prop up, support; brace; to push off (with a pole) |
| Mandarin | chēng |
| Cantonese | caang1 |
| Japanese | CHOU SASAERU AKU |
| Korean | THAYNG |

## Related characters

- 撏 [U+648F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648F](https://unicodekit.com/char/648F)
- 撑 [U+6491 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6491](https://unicodekit.com/char/6491)
- 撎 [U+648E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648E](https://unicodekit.com/char/648E)
- 撒 [U+6492 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6492](https://unicodekit.com/char/6492)
- 撍 [U+648D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648D](https://unicodekit.com/char/648D)
- 撓 [U+6493 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6493](https://unicodekit.com/char/6493)
- 撌 [U+648C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648C](https://unicodekit.com/char/648C)
- 撔 [U+6494 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6494](https://unicodekit.com/char/6494)
- 撋 [U+648B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648B](https://unicodekit.com/char/648B)
- 撕 [U+6495 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6495](https://unicodekit.com/char/6495)
- 撊 [U+648A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-648A](https://unicodekit.com/char/648A)
- 撖 [U+6496 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6496](https://unicodekit.com/char/6496)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/6490 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/6490