U+8188 "膈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
膈
U+8188 "膈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the diaphragm, a dome shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and plays a key role in breathing. In traditional Chinese medicine and anatomy, this character refers specifically to the diaphragm or the region just below it, and it is also used in compound terms such as "膈肌" to denote the diaphragm muscle itself. Its presence in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures consistent digital representation across East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8188 |
| 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 | 膈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 膈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x86 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8188 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008188 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8188 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BB4A |
| kCCCII | 21536A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6A52 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6A52 |
| kCangjie | BMRB |
| kCantonese | gaak3 |
| kCihaiT | 1102.203 |
| kCowles | 1454 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1443.220 |
| kDefinition | diaphragm |
| kEACC | 21536A |
| kFanqie | 古核 |
| kFenn | 589I |
| kFennIndex | 250.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7122.7 |
| kGB0 | 7585 |
| kGB1 | 7585 |
| kGSR | 0855e |
| kHangul | 격:0N |
| kHanYu | 32101.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32101.050:gé |
| kHKGlyph | 3333 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1443.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32101.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0991.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6B75 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BB4A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-672D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CEF0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4C2E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6A52 |
| kIRG_VSource | V4-5238 |
| kJapanese | カク キャク |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5766 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUNENOUCHI TSURIGI |
| kJapaneseOn | KAKU |
| kJis0 | 7113 |
| kKangXi | 0991.030 |
| kKarlgren | 532 |
| kKorean | KYEK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5224 |
| kMandarin | gé |
| kMatthews | 3318 |
| kMeyerWempe | 959d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021182 MJ021182:E0101 MJ058398:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 29772 29772:E0101 |
| kNelson | 3805 |
| kPhonetic | 542 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6264+130.4.10 C+6264+193.10.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 130.10 |
| kSBGY | 515.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 559.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gé粵gaak3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5224 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 111.070:gé |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 267:104 |
| kXHC1983 | 0371.080:gé |