U+638E "掎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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 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
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