U+4F09 "伉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+4F09 "伉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "matching," "equal," or "pair," often used to describe a spouse or a counterpart as in the term "伉儷" which refers to a married couple, typically emphasizing mutual suitability or partnership. It can also carry connotations of strength or steadfastness, derived from its radical "亻" (person) combined with the phonetic component "亢" which suggests lofty or resistant qualities. Historically, this character appears in classical Chinese texts and modern usage retains its role in formal or literary contexts, though it is less common in everyday simplified Chinese writing. The Unicode standard encodes it in the CJK Unified Ideographs block, ensuring consistent digital representation across systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4F09
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	伉
HTML Hex Encoding	伉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE4 0xBC 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4F09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004F09
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4f09

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	A5EA
kCCCII	213079
kCNS1986	1-472C
kCNS1992	1-472C
kCangjie	OYHN
kCantonese	kong3
kCihaiT	89.606
kDaeJaweon	0201.140
kDefinition	compare, match; pair; spouse
kEACC	213079
kFanqie	苦浪
kFenn	398K
kFennIndex	243.06
kFourCornerCode	2021.7
kGB0	5688
kGB1	5688
kGSR	0698c
kHangul	항:0N
kHanYu	10126.010
kHanyuPinyin	10126.010:kàng,gāng,kǎng
kHKGlyph	0088
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0201.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10126.010
kIRGKangXi	0095.140
kIRG_GSource	G0-5878
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A5EA
kIRG_JSource	J0-5044
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F2F2
kIRG_KSource	K0-7972
kIRG_TSource	T1-472C
kJapanese	コウ たぐい ならぶ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3609
kJapaneseKun	TAGUI NARABU
kJapaneseOn	KOU
kJis0	4836
kKangXi	0095.140
kKarlgren	305
kKorean	HANG
kMainlandTelegraph	0121
kMandarin	kàng
kMatthews	3274
kMojiJoho	MJ006568
kMorohashi	00431
kNelson	0367
kPhonetic	660
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4125+9.2.4
kRSUnicode	9.4
kSBGY	428.09
kSMSZD2003Index	21.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	kàng粵kong3
kTaiwanTelegraph	0121
kTGHZ2013	194.010:kàng
kTotalStrokes	6
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	265:352
kXHC1983	0635.030:kàng