U+88AB "被" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

被

U+88AB "被" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "by" in passive voice constructions, indicating the agent of an action, and also carries a range of related meanings including "to cover," "to wear," and "a quilt" or "bedding." In classical and modern usage, it functions both as a preposition and a noun, with its etymology tracing back to the radical 衣 (clothing) combined with the component 皮 (skin or surface), suggesting the idea of something covering or being placed upon. This character is widely used in written Chinese across various contexts, from literature to everyday communication, and is notably common in passive sentences where it marks the doer of the verb, such as in the phrase 被狗咬了 (was bitten by a dog).

General Properties

Code Point	U+88AB
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	被
HTML Hex Encoding	被
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA2 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x88AB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000088AB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u88ab

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	B351
kCCCII	215756
kCNS1986	1-5D37
kCNS1992	1-5D37
kCangjie	LDHE
kCantonese	bei6
kCihaiT	1212.101
kCowles	3262 3473
kDaeJaweon	1580.260
kDefinition	passive indicator 'by'; bedding
kEACC	215756
kFanqie	皮彼平義
kFenn	537A
kFennIndex	391.05
kFourCornerCode	3424.7
kGB0	1727
kGB1	1727
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	0025e
kHangul	피:0E
kHanYu	53085.110
kHanyuPinlu	bèi(1546)
kHanyuPinyin	53085.110:bèi,bì,pī,pì
kHKGlyph	3688
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1580.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53085.110
kIRGKangXi	1115.100
kIRG_GSource	G0-313B
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B351
kIRG_JSource	J0-486F
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F1F2
kIRG_KSource	K0-792C
kIRG_TSource	T1-5D37
kIRG_VSource	V0-4355
kJapanese	ヒビこうむるおおうきるかぶせるるらる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:2118
kJapaneseKun	KOUMURU OOU KIRU
kJapaneseOn	HI
kJis0	4079
kKangXi	1115.100
kKorean	PHI
kLau	82 83 2490
kMainlandTelegraph	5926
kMandarin	bèi
kMatthews	4999
kMeyerWempe	2317 2337
kMojiJoho	MJ023964
kMorohashi	34222
kNelson	4225
kPhonetic	1038
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+3459+107.5.5 C+3459+145.5.5
kRSUnicode	145.5
kSBGY	241.25 347.08
kSMSZD2003Index	629.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	bèi粵pei5 bèi粵bei6
kTaiwanTelegraph	5926
kTang	*bhyɛ̌
kTGHZ2013	014.160:bèi
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	bị
kXerox	242:070
kXHC1983	0049.020:bèi