U+8966 "襦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
襦
U+8966 "襦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing an ancient type of short jacket or waistcoat, typically worn as an upper garment in traditional East Asian clothing. This ideograph combines the semantic radical for "clothing" on the left and the phonetic component "需" on the right, reflecting its meaning and pronunciation. In historical contexts, the 襦 was a common garment for both men and women, often made of silk or cotton and worn alone or as a layer beneath outer robes. Its use in modern Chinese and Japanese is primarily literary or historical, appearing in classical texts and discussions of traditional attire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8966 |
| 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 | 襦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 襦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA5 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8966 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008966 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8966 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F4CB |
| kCCCII | 233031 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6977 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6977 |
| kCangjie | LMBB |
| kCantonese | jyu4 |
| kCihaiT | 1221.104 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1593.280 |
| kDefinition | short coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |
| kEACC | 233031 |
| kFanqie | 人朱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3122.7 |
| kGB0 | 8164 |
| kGB1 | 8164 |
| kGSR | 0134i |
| kHanYu | 53119.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53119.150:rú |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1593.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53119.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1126.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7160 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F4CB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B21 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-74A0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5F42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6977 |
| kJapanese | ジュ ニュ シュ はだぎ |
| kTGH | 2013:6415 |
| kJapaneseKun | HADAGI |
| kJapaneseOn | JU |
| kJis0 | 7501 |
| kKangXi | 1126.240 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5993 |
| kMandarin | rú |
| kMatthews | 3150 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024163 |
| kMorohashi | 34678 |
| kNelson | 4268 |
| kPhonetic | 1250 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6628+145.5.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 145.14 |
| kSBGY | 075.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 634.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | rú粵jyu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5993 |
| kTang | njio |
| kTGHZ2013 | 316.200:rú |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 306:317 |
| kXHC1983 | 0971.020:rú |