U+8888 "袈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
袈
U+8888 "袈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used in East Asian writing systems, primarily in Chinese and Japanese. It is pronounced "jia" in Mandarin Chinese and "ke" or "ka" in Japanese, and it refers to a kasaya, the traditional patchwork robe worn by Buddhist monks. The character is composed of two main elements: the radical 衣 (clothing) on the bottom, which indicates its relation to garments, and the phonetic component 加 on top, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. This character is most commonly encountered in Buddhist texts and contexts, representing the iconic saffron or brown robes symbolizing monastic vows and renunciation, thus holding cultural and religious significance in East Asian Buddhism.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8888 |
| 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 | 袈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 袈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA2 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8888 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008888 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8888 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B350 |
| kCCCII | 215755 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D36 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D36 |
| kCangjie | KRYHV |
| kCantonese | gaa1 |
| kCihaiT | 1212.302 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1579.150 |
| kDefinition | Buddhist cassock |
| kEACC | 215755 |
| kFanqie | 古牙 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4673.2 |
| kGB0 | 8434 |
| kGB1 | 8434 |
| kHangul | 가:0N |
| kHanYu | 53081.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53081.070:jiā |
| kHKGlyph | 3690 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1579.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53081.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1113.230 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7442 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B350 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3736 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDB7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A37 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D36 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-664C |
| kJapanese | ケ カ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5023 |
| kJapaneseOn | KA KE |
| kJis0 | 2322 |
| kKangXi | 1113.230 |
| kKarlgren | 342 |
| kKorean | KA |
| kLau | 774 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5914 |
| kMandarin | jiā |
| kMatthews | 588 |
| kMeyerWempe | 932b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023924 |
| kMorohashi | 34166 |
| kNelson | 4222 |
| kPhonetic | 532 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1804+145.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 145.5 |
| kSBGY | 166.44 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 628.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiā粵gaa1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5914 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 161.010:jiā |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | cà |
| kXerox | 270:175 |
| kXHC1983 | 0541.020:jiā |