U+4E68 "乨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
乨
U+4E68 "乨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character, typically classified as a variant or archaic form found in classical texts. It is composed of the radical "乙" (second, curved stroke) and another component, and its historical usage often relates to meanings such as "beginning" or "commencement," though it is not commonly used in modern Mandarin or Standard Written Chinese. The character appears in certain ancient dictionaries and literary works, serving as an example of the depth and complexity of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideograph repertoire, which encompasses thousands of characters from historical and regional scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E68 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 乨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 乨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB9 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E68 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E68 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e68 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2D3965 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2264 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2264 |
| kCangjie | IRU |
| kCantonese | ci2 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0171.100 |
| kDefinition | the beginning; to start, to begin, to be the first |
| kGB5 | 1631 |
| kHanYu | 10053.120 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0171.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10053.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0084.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-303F |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-3037 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2264 |
| kJapanese | シ |
| kJapaneseKun | HAJIMERU HAJIMARU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis1 | 1623 |
| kKangXi | 0084.110 |
| kKorean | SI |
| kMandarin | shǐ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006410 |
| kMorohashi | 00181 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+21078+5.1.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 5.5 |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |