U+5F08 "弈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
弈
U+5F08 "弈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to the game of Go, a strategic board game known as *weiqi* in Chinese, as well as more broadly to chess or other board games involving pieces and a playing field. It is composed of two radicals: the top part "亦" contributes a phonetic element, while the bottom "廾" represents two hands, symbolizing the act of playing or handling game pieces. The character appears in various classical texts and remains in modern usage, often in formal or literary contexts, to denote the concept of playing a strategic game or to metaphorically describe a competitive situation requiring careful planning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F08 |
| 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 | 弈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 弈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBC 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f08 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABD9 |
| kCCCII | 213D37 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-507B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-507B |
| kCangjie | YCT |
| kCantonese | jik6 |
| kCihaiT | 498.504 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0669.150 |
| kDefinition | Chinese chess |
| kEACC | 213D37 |
| kFanqie | 羊益 |
| kFennIndex | 223.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0044.3 |
| kGB0 | 6236 |
| kGB1 | 6236 |
| kGSR | 0800f |
| kHangul | 혁:1N |
| kHanYu | 10517.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10517.020:yì |
| kHKGlyph | 1227 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0669.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10517.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0354.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E44 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABD9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2C2D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4193 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7347 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-507B |
| kJapanese | エキ ヤク |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4305 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,12,13 |
| kJapaneseOn | EKI YAKU |
| kJis1 | 2863 |
| kKangXi | 0354.110 |
| kKarlgren | 187 |
| kKorean | HYEK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1704 |
| kMandarin | yì |
| kMatthews | 3023 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3905f |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011132 |
| kMorohashi | 09611 |
| kPhonetic | 1556 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17607+55.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 55.6 |
| kSBGY | 517.06 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5955<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 205.13 15.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yì粵jik6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1704 |
| kTang | iɛk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 434.200:yì |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 276:065 |
| kXHC1983 | 1368.040:yì |