U+68CA "棊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棊
U+68CA "棊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese and Japanese kanji that primarily refers to the game of chess or a board game, often specifically denoting the game of go or a similar strategy game. It is composed of the wood radical on top, representing the wooden board, and the element below indicating sound or phonetic cues, though its usage is less common in modern Chinese compared to its synonym "棋" (qí). This character appears in classical texts and historical contexts, where it symbolizes intellectual play and strategic thinking, and it is also occasionally found in Japanese personal names or traditional writings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68CA |
| 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 | 棊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68ca |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 223D74 |
| kCNS1986 | E-3C38 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3C38 |
| kCangjie | TCD |
| kCantonese | kei4 |
| kCihaiT | 702.502 |
| kCowles | 1956 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0920.100 |
| kDefinition | chess; any game similar to chess |
| kEACC | 2D4472 |
| kFanqie | 渠之 |
| kFennIndex | 39.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.4 |
| kGSR | 0952t |
| kHangul | 기:1N |
| kHanYu | 21224.050 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0920.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21224.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0532.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3D2C |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FEE0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5B77 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4BDF |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5B71 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3C38 |
| kJapanese | キ ギ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | GO GOISHI KOMA |
| kJapaneseOn | KI GI |
| kJis0 | 5987 |
| kKangXi | 0532.020 |
| kKarlgren | 338 |
| kKorean | KI |
| kLau | 1683 |
| kMandarin | qí |
| kMatthews | 527 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1122 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014040 |
| kMorohashi | 14921 |
| kPhonetic | 604 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5210+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSBGY | 060.18 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7881<kLau,kMatthews U+68CB<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 323.09 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0896.041:qí |