U+638E "掎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
掎
U+638E "掎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to pull, drag, or draw from the side, often implying a restraining or controlling action, such as pulling back a horse or restraining an opponent. It is composed of the radical 扌 (hand) on the left, indicating an action involving the hand, and the phonetic component 奇 (qí) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as jǐ in Mandarin. This character appears in classical texts and historical contexts, sometimes used in compound words or idioms related to physical interference or strategic hindrance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+638E |
| 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 | 掎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 掎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8E 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x638E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000638E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u638e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D571 |
| kCCCII | 223227 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3555 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3555 |
| kCangjie | QKMR |
| kCantonese | gei2 |
| kCihaiT | 579.502 |
| kDefinition | drag aside, pull; drag one foot |
| kEACC | 223227 |
| kFanqie | 居宜 居綺 卿義 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5402.1 |
| kGB0 | 6265 |
| kGB1 | 6265 |
| kGSR | 0001y |
| kHangul | 기:1N |
| kHanYu | 31893.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31893.040:jǐ,yǐ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31893.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0437.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E61 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D571 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5956 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4619 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5B6C |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3555 |
| kJapanese | キ カ イ ひく |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:7110 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIKU |
| kJapaneseOn | KI KA I |
| kJis0 | 5754 |
| kKangXi | 0437.080 |
| kKorean | KI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2224 |
| kMandarin | jǐ |
| kMatthews | 421 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1108c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012467 |
| kMorohashi | 12250 |
| kPhonetic | 602 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4989+64.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.8 |
| kSBGY | 046.56 243.02 349.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 255.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jǐ粵gei1,gei2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2224 |
| kTang | gyiɛ̌ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 157.080:jǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 303:122 |
| kXHC1983 | 0531.030:jǐ |