U+823E "舾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+823E "舾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in maritime and shipbuilding contexts, where it forms part of the compound word "舾装" (xīzhuāng), meaning "outfitting" or "fitting out" of a vessel. This character combines the radical 舟 (boat/ship) on the left with the phonetic component 西 (west) on the right, reflecting its association with nautical construction and equipment installation. While uncommon in everyday Chinese writing, it appears in technical documentation, shipping industry manuals, and historical records related to shipbuilding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+823E
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	舾
HTML Hex Encoding	舾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x88 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x823E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000823E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u823e

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

kCangjie	HYMCW
kCantonese	sai1
kCheungBauer	137/06;HYMCW;sai1
kCheungBauerIndex	455.06
kDefinition	(Cant.) equipment on a ship
kEACC	707438
kFourCornerCode	2146
kGB0	8424
kGB1	8424
kHanYu	53060.150
kHanyuPinyin	53060.150:xī
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53060.150
kIRGKangXi	1010.351
kIRG_GSource	G0-7438
kIRG_HSource	H-89C2
kTGH	2013:7397
kKangXi	1010.351
kMandarin	xī
kPhonetic	1112*
kRSUnicode	137.6
kSMSZD2003Index	569.04
kSMSZD2003Readings	xī粵sai1
kTGHZ2013	392.110:xī
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXerox	320:372
kXHC1983	1228.070:xī