U+890A "褊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+890A "褊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character composed of the clothing radical on the left and the phonetic component "扁" on the right, primarily meaning "narrow" or "cramped" in both physical and abstract senses. In classical Chinese, it describes tight-fitting garments or confined spaces, and by extension, it conveys a sense of pettiness or limited perspective, such as a narrow-minded person. This character appears in historical texts like the Shiji and in modern usage remains relevant in literary or formal contexts, though it is less common in everyday conversation. It falls within the CJK Unified Ideographs block, reflecting its origins in East Asian script systems, and its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+890A
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	褊
HTML Hex Encoding	褊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA4 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x890A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000890A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u890a

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	BDCA
kCCCII	232F3D
kCNS1986	1-6E73
kCNS1992	1-6E73
kCangjie	LHSB
kCantonese	bin2
kCihaiT	1217.501
kDaeJaweon	1588.020
kDefinition	cramped, narrow, crowded; mean
kEACC	232F3D
kFanqie	方緬
kFourCornerCode	3222.7
kGB0	8159
kGB1	8159
kGSR	0246g
kHangul	편:1N
kHanYu	53104.130
kHanyuPinyin	53104.130:biǎn,pián
kIICore	AGT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1588.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53104.130
kIRGKangXi	1120.250
kIRG_GSource	G0-715B
kIRG_HSource	HB1-BDCA
kIRG_JSource	J0-6A6F
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7426
kIRG_KSource	K1-722A
kIRG_TSource	T1-6E73
kJapanese	ヘン ベン せまい
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5823
kJapaneseKun	SEMAI
kJapaneseOn	HEN
kJis0	7479
kKangXi	1120.250
kKorean	PHYEN
kMainlandTelegraph	5959
kMandarin	biǎn
kMatthews	5233
kMeyerWempe	2360a
kMojiJoho	MJ024056 MJ024056:E0102 MJ024055:E0103
kMorohashi	34420:E0103
kNelson	4252
kPhonetic	1042
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6612+145.5.9 V+7864+145.5.9
kRSUnicode	145.9
kSBGY	293.08
kSMSZD2003Index	632.11
kSMSZD2003Readings	biǎn粵bin2
kTaiwanTelegraph	5959
kTang	biɛ̌n
kTGHZ2013	021.090:biǎn
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	272:335
kXHC1983	0065.020:biǎn