U+68D8 "棘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棘
U+68D8 "棘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji or hanzi that represents the concept of "thorn" or "bramble," specifically referring to a type of spiny plant or the jujube tree with thorns. It is composed of two occurrences of the radical for "thorn" or "tree" (木) placed side by side, emphasizing its meaning of sharp, woody projections. Beyond its literal use, this character appears in Chinese and Japanese compounds such as "棘手" (jíshǒu) meaning "thorny" or "difficult to handle," and "荆棘" (jīngjí) referring to "thorns and brambles" as a metaphor for obstacles. Its pronunciation in Mandarin is "jí," and in Japanese, it is often read as "toge" or "kyoku," depending on the context.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68D8 |
| 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 | 棘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68d8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4C6 |
| kCCCII | 21447B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F6B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F6B |
| kCangjie | DBDB |
| kCantonese | gik1 |
| kCihaiT | 703.301 |
| kCowles | 1650 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0921.010 |
| kDefinition | jujube tree; thorns, brambles |
| kEACC | 21447B |
| kFanqie | 紀力 |
| kFenn | 500D |
| kFennIndex | 36.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5599.2 |
| kGB0 | 2812 |
| kGB1 | 2812 |
| kGSR | 0911a |
| kHangul | 극:0N |
| kHanYu | 21227.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21227.090:jí |
| kHKGlyph | 1947 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0921.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21227.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0532.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3C2C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4C6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5B79 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1E9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-503E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F6B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5A2D |
| kJapanese | キョク コキ キ いばら とげ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2584 |
| kJapaneseKun | IBARA TOGE |
| kJapaneseOn | KYOKU |
| kJis0 | 5989 |
| kKangXi | 0532.200 |
| kKorean | KUK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2765 |
| kMandarin | jí |
| kMatthews | 486 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1135 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014057 |
| kMorohashi | 14938 |
| kNelson | 0238 |
| kPhonetic | 161 613 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5212+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSBGY | 526.50 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 321.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jí粵gik1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2765 |
| kTang | *giək |
| kTGHZ2013 | 156.020:jí |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | gấc |
| kXerox | 264:342 |
| kXHC1983 | 0526.080:jí |