U+8066 "聦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8066 "聦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that combines the radical for "ear" (耳) with a simplified phonetic component, often representing the concept of "keen hearing" or "acuteness of hearing." In classical and modern usage, it can denote intelligence or cleverness, particularly in the context of auditory perception, and is sometimes used as a variant of the more common character 聰 (cōng), which similarly conveys meanings of sharpness, wisdom, or quick understanding. This character appears in historical and literary texts, reflecting its role in expressing refined cognitive abilities linked to the sense of hearing.

General Properties

Code Point U+8066
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 聦
HTML Hex Encoding 聦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x81 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8066
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008066
C/C++/Java Escape \u8066

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 22772D
kCNS1986 E-4E36
kCNS1992 3-4E36
kCangjie SJPKP
kCantonese cung1
kCihaiT 1084.501
kCowles 4844
kDaeJaweon 1418.260
kDefinition the hearing, to listen; astute; clever; quick of apprehension
kFanqie 倉紅
kFennIndex 565.06
kHanYu 42792.170
kIRGDaeJaweon 1418.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42792.170
kIRGKangXi 0968.320
kIRG_GSource GE-4849
kIRG_HSource H-A0B4
kIRG_JSource J14-752C
kIRG_KPSource KP1-6A43
kIRG_KSource K2-5469
kIRG_TSource T3-4E36
kJapanese ソウ
kJIS0213 2,85,12
kJapaneseKun SATOI
kJapaneseOn SOU
kJis1 5370
kKangXi 0968.320
kLau 429
kMandarin cōng
kMatthews 6916
kMeyerWempe 3517
kMojiJoho MJ020864
kMorohashi 29123
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+18409+128.6.9
kRSUnicode 128.9
kSBGY 031.19
kSemanticVariant U+8070<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 H