U+5E8E "庎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5E8E "庎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that falls under the "CJK Unified Ideographs" block, representing a traditional or historical glyph used in East Asian written languages. This specific character is composed of a "广" (roof/shelter) radical on top, suggesting a connection to a building or covering, combined with a phonetic component "介" (jiè), which may hint at its pronunciation or meaning. Its interpretation can vary depending on the specific Chinese dialect or classical text, but it is not commonly used in modern standard Mandarin; instead, it often appears in ancient literature or as a variant form of other characters, such as "庎" sometimes being an alternate writing for "界" (boundary) or "介" (to introduce or armor), particularly in historical dictionaries or calligraphy. Thus, it serves as a niche element of the vast CJK character repertoire, preserved for scholarly, typographic, or cultural purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+5E8E
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 庎
HTML Hex Encoding 庎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xBA 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5E8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005E8E
C/C++/Java Escape \u5e8e

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

kCCCII 242A22
kCangjie IOLL
kCantonese gaai3
kDaeJaweon 0653.160
kGB5 2901
kHanYu 20875.080
kHanyuPinyin 20875.080:jiè
kIRGDaeJaweon 0653.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 20875.080
kIRGKangXi 0343.300
kIRG_GSource G5-3D21
kIRG_JSource J1-3C44
kIRG_KPSource KP1-4100
kIRG_KSource K2-3053
kIRG_TSource T4-2428
kJapanese カイ
kJapaneseKun TANA NAGASHI
kJapaneseOn KAI
kJis1 2836
kKangXi 0343.300
kMandarin jiè
kMojiJoho MJ010973
kMorohashi 09248
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21500+53.3.4
kRSUnicode 53.4
kTotalStrokes 7