U+6614 "昔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
昔
U+6614 "昔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "former," "old," or "ancient times." It is composed of two parts, often interpreted as the sun (日) above something that suggests a past event or time, and it carries the sense of days that have passed or a bygone era. This character appears frequently in classical Chinese texts, poetry, and modern usage to refer to the past, such as in words like 昔日 (xīrì) meaning "in former days." Its structure and meaning are deeply rooted in the historical development of Chinese script, making it a common element in writing about history or memory.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6614 |
| 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 | 昔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 昔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x98 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6614 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006614 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6614 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A9F5 |
| kCCCII | 21427C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4D77 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4D77 |
| kCangjie | TA |
| kCantonese | sik1 |
| kCihaiT | 634.501 |
| kCowles | 3635 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0855.020 |
| kDefinition | formerly; ancient; in beginning |
| kEACC | 21427C |
| kFanqie | 思積 |
| kFenn | 799E |
| kFennIndex | 161.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4460.1 |
| kGB0 | 4684 |
| kGB1 | 4684 |
| kGSR | 0798a |
| kHangul | 석:0E |
| kHanYu | 21488.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21488.110:xī,cuò |
| kHKGlyph | 1764 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0855.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21488.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0492.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E74 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A9F5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-404E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E2A5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-602E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4D77 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5854 |
| kJapanese | セキ シャク サク むかし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1000 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUKASHI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEKI SHAKU |
| kJis0 | 3246 |
| kKangXi | 0492.050 |
| kKorean | SEK CHAK |
| kLau | 2776 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2497 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2493 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2799 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013208 |
| kMorohashi | 13816 |
| kNelson | 2108 |
| kPhonetic | 1194 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2674+72.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.4 |
| kSBGY | 516.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 290.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵sik1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2497 |
| kTang | *siɛk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 391.070:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tích |
| kXerox | 261:262 |
| kXHC1983 | 1226.110:xī |