U+8845 "衅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
衅
U+8845 "衅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of a blood sacrifice or quarrel, often referring to a fissure or rift caused by conflict. Its radical is 血 (blood) on the left side, indicating its ancient association with ritual slaughter or smearing blood to seal a covenant, while the right component 半 (half) contributes to its phonetic and semantic layers. In modern usage, this character appears in words like 挑衅 (to provoke or challenge) and 衅端 (cause for dispute), retaining a strong connotation of aggression or stirring up trouble. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs, it is encoded for consistent digital representation across East Asian scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8845 |
| 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 | 衅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 衅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA1 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8845 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008845 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8845 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 232D46 |
| kCNS1986 | E-386A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-386A |
| kCangjie | HTFQ |
| kCantonese | jan6 |
| kCihaiT | 1203.403 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1569.150 |
| kDefinition | consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood; rift |
| kEACC | 275D35 |
| kFanqie | 許覲 |
| kFennIndex | 184.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2915 |
| kGB0 | 4838 |
| kGSR | 0447a |
| kHanYu | 53051.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xìn(11) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1569.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53051.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1107.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5046 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8FBB |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-5C25 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7327 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5E21 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-386A |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F6B |
| kJapanese | キン ちぬる |
| kTGH | 2013:2338 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHINURU HIMA SUKI |
| kJapaneseOn | KIN |
| kJis1 | 6005 |
| kKangXi | 1107.150 |
| kKorean | HUN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5881 |
| kMandarin | xìn |
| kMatthews | 2734 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3831b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023853 |
| kMorohashi | 33980 |
| kPhonetic | 353 1089 1484 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19776+143.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 143.5 |
| kSBGY | 393.43 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+91C1<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "衅" U+8845 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 624.15 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5881 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 408.010:xìn |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "衅" U+8845 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "釁" U+91C1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXerox | 324:067 |
| kXHC1983 | 1286.030:xìn |