U+8990 "覐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
覐
U+8990 "覐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally categorized under the radical 見 (jiàn, meaning "see" or "vision") and possesses a historical pronunciation and meaning related to awakening, perception, or enlightenment. It appears in classical Chinese texts where it functions both as a variant form of the character 覺 (jué), which conveys the concept of becoming aware or realizing something, and as a standalone character in certain compounds or names. While not commonly used in modern simplified or traditional Chinese writing, it maintains relevance in scholarly contexts such as the study of ancient manuscripts, calligraphy, or philosophical literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8990 |
| 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 | 覐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 覐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA6 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8990 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008990 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8990 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | BUKK |
| kCantonese | gok3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1600.040 |
| kDefinition | to sleep; to realize, feel |
| kHanYu | 63665.140 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1600.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63665.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1133.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-4C4D |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7847 |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-3534 |
| kJapanese | カク |
| kJIS0213 | 2,88,39 |
| kJapaneseKun | OBOOERU SAAMASU SAAMERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAKU |
| kJis1 | 6106 |
| kKangXi | 1133.120 |
| kLau | 950 |
| kMandarin | jué |
| kMatthews | 1178 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024223 MJ024223:E0101 MJ024224:E0102 MJ068066:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 34811 34811:E0101 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18659+89.4.7 C+18659+147.7.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 147.4 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+89BA<kMatthews |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |