U+8997 "覗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
覗
U+8997 "覗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and classical texts, as well as in Japanese (where it is read as "nozoku" or "ukagau"). It conveys the meaning of "to peep," "to spy," or "to take a look," often implying a surreptitious or furtive glance. The character is formed by combining the radical for "see" or "sight" with another component, and its usage appears in historical literature, compound words, and modern contexts such as describing someone looking through a gap or secretly observing. While less common in simplified Chinese, it remains recognized in Unicode for cross-linguistic digital representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8997 |
| 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 | 覗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 覗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA6 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8997 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008997 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8997 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DBD2 |
| kCCCII | 233064 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4038 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4038 |
| kCangjie | SRBUU |
| kCantonese | zi6 |
| kCihaiT | 1230.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1601.020 |
| kDefinition | peek |
| kEACC | 233064 |
| kFanqie | 息兹 相吏 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1661.0 |
| kGB5 | 4265 |
| kHangul | 사:1N |
| kHanYu | 63667.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63667.140:sì |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1601.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63667.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1134.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-4A61 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DBD2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4741 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-74DB |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6357 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4038 |
| kJapanese | シ のぞき うかがう のぞく |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | UKAGAU NOZOKU NOZOKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 3933 |
| kKangXi | 1134.320 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kMandarin | sì |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024231 |
| kMorohashi | 34839 |
| kNelson | 4287 |
| kPhonetic | 1169* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3319+147.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 147.5 |
| kSBGY | 059.37 356.45 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𬢊" U+2C88A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 638.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sì粵zi6 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |