U+608E "悎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+608E "悎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily means "to wake up" or "to become conscious," often associated with awakening from sleep or gaining sudden insight. It is classified under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs in the Unicode standard, which ensures consistent representation across digital systems. In historical and classical Chinese texts, this character appears in Buddhist scriptures and literary works, where it conveys the idea of spiritual or mental awakening rather than literal waking. While less common in modern everyday usage, it retains relevance in specialized contexts such as philosophy, religious studies, and traditional calligraphy.

General Properties

Code Point U+608E
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 悎
HTML Hex Encoding 悎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x82 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x608E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000608E
C/C++/Java Escape \u608e

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 D1AE
kCCCII 222C33
kCNS1986 2-2F30
kCNS1992 2-2F30
kCangjie PHGR
kCantonese hou6
kDaeJaweon 0719.170
kFourCornerCode 9406.1
kGB3 4987
kHanYu 42305.120
kHanyuPinyin 42305.120:hào,jiào
kIRGDaeJaweon 0719.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42305.120
kIRGKangXi 0387.050
kIRG_GSource G3-5177
kIRG_HSource HB2-D1AE
kIRG_JSource J1-3D71
kIRG_KSource K2-3246
kIRG_TSource T2-2F30
kJapanese コウ コク カク ゴウ キョウ
kJapaneseKun OSORERU
kJapaneseOn KOU GOU KOKU KAKU KYOU
kJis1 2981
kKangXi 0387.050
kMandarin hào
kMojiJoho MJ011584
kMorohashi 10647
kPhonetic 642*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21554+61.3.7
kRSUnicode 61.7
kTotalStrokes 10
kUnihanCore2020 HMT