U+8989 "覉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8989 "覉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that primarily functions as a variant form of the more common character 羈, which generally means a bridle, to restrain, or to detain. Its structure combines the semantic component for net or covering (罒) with elements related to leather and the concept of a halter, reflecting its historical use in contexts of physical binding or bureaucratic control. Today, this character appears infrequently in standard modern Chinese texts, but it may be encountered in classical literature, calligraphy, or specialized discussions of historical writing where variant characters are noted.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8989
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	覉
HTML Hex Encoding	覉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA6 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8989
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008989
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8989

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

kCCCII	23305C
kCNS1986	E-6046
kCNS1992	3-6046
kCangjie	MWTJR
kCantonese	gei1
kCihaiT	1227.302
kDaeJaweon	1599.060
kDefinition	an inn; to lodge; travel
kEACC	335238
kGB5	6372
kHangul	기:1
kHanYu	42809.020
kIRGDaeJaweon	1599.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42809.020
kIRGKangXi	1129.140
kIRG_GSource	G5-5F68
kIRG_HSource	H-A0C2
kIRG_JSource	J14-7846
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-74CC
kIRG_KSource	K1-5C22
kIRG_TSource	T3-6046
kJapanese	キ
kJIS0213	2,88,38
kJapaneseKun	OMOGAI TAZUNA TSUNAGU TABI
kJapaneseOn	KI
kJis1	6104
kKangXi	1129.140
kKorean	KI
kMandarin	jī
kMojiJoho	MJ024213 MJ024213:E0101 MJ024214:E0102
kMorohashi	34794 34794:E0101
kNelson	4282
kPhonetic	602
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+18658+146.6.17
kRSUnicode	146.17
kSemanticVariant	U+7F87<kSMSZD2003Index:TZ
kSMSZD2003Index	636.10
kTotalStrokes	23
kUnihanCore2020	H