U+8848 "衈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8848 "衈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that traditionally refers to the blood or sacrificial offering used in ancient rituals, particularly the blood of a sacrificed animal smeared on the mouth or a vessel during ceremonial rites. This character is composed of the semantic radical "血" (blood) on the left side and the phonetic component "耳" (ear) on the right side, suggesting a possible connection to hearing or listening in the context of divination or spiritual ceremonies. Its usage is largely confined to classical texts, such as the Zhou Li or other historical records describing Zhou dynasty rites, and it is not commonly encountered in modern Chinese language or writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8848
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	衈
HTML Hex Encoding	衈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA1 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8848
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008848
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8848

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

kBigFive	DBC0
kCCCII	232D48
kCNS1986	2-4026
kCNS1992	2-4026
kCangjie	HTSJ
kCantonese	nei6
kCihaiT	1203.405
kDaeJaweon	1570.030
kDefinition	the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on the doors and vessels
kFanqie	仍吏
kFourCornerCode	2114.0
kGB3	6944
kGSR	0981e
kHanYu	53051.120
kHanyuPinyin	53051.120:èr
kIRGDaeJaweon	1570.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53051.120
kIRGKangXi	1107.180
kIRG_GSource	G3-654C
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DBC0
kIRG_JSource	J1-5C26
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-732B
kIRG_KSource	K2-5E22
kIRG_TSource	T2-4026
kJapanese	ジ ニ
kJapaneseOn	JI NI
kJis1	6006
kKangXi	1107.180
kMandarin	èr
kMatthews	1749
kMojiJoho	MJ023856
kMorohashi	33984
kPhonetic	1546
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22465+128.6.6 C+22465+143.6.6
kRSUnicode	143.6
kSBGY	357.27
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT