U+8038 "耸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8038 "耸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to rise up, to tower, or to be high and steep, and it is often used in words like "高耸" meaning towering or "耸立" meaning to stand tall. It also carries the connotation of being alarming or shocking, as seen in "耸人听闻," which describes something that is startling or sensational to the ear. The character is composed of two components: the top part "从" (meaning to follow or from) and the bottom part "耳" (meaning ear), and in a typical usage, it conveys the idea of something that makes the ears perk up due to its height or shocking nature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8038
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	耸
HTML Hex Encoding	耸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x80 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8038
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008038
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8038

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

kCCCII	275275
kCangjie	OOSJ
kCantonese	sung2
kDaeJaweon	1414.050
kDefinition	urge on; rise up; stir, excite
kEACC	275275
kFourCornerCode	8840
kGB0	4342
kHanYu	42785.080
kHanyuPinlu	sǒng(39)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	1414.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42785.080
kIRGKangXi	0966.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-4B4A
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-020820
kIRG_KSource	K2-5456
kIRG_TSource	T6-3B21
kJapanese	ショウ
kTGH	2013:1984
kKangXi	0966.010
kMainlandTelegraph	5117
kMandarin	sǒng
kMojiJoho	MJ020820
kMorohashi	29014
kPhonetic	329*
kRSUnicode	128.4
kSMSZD2003Index	545.15
kTGHZ2013	348.080:sǒng
kTotalStrokes	10
kTraditionalVariant	"聳" U+8073 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1092.120:sǒng