U+899A "覚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

覚

U+899A "覚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese as a kanji, where it is commonly read as "kaku" or "oboeru" and means "to remember," "to learn," "to feel," or "to awaken." In standard Mandarin Chinese, it is read as "jué" or "jiào," carrying similar meanings such as to perceive, to become aware, or sleep as in a nap. This character is historically derived from a combination of components that evoke seeing and learning, and it plays a significant role in everyday vocabulary across East Asian languages, appearing in words like "感覚" (kankaku, meaning sense or feeling) in Japanese and "感觉" (gǎnjué, meaning sensation or feeling) in Chinese.

General Properties

Code Point	U+899A
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	覚
HTML Hex Encoding	覚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA6 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x899A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000899A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u899a

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

kCNS1986	E-3E74
kCNS1992	3-3E74
kCangjie	FBBUU
kCantonese	gok3
kDaeJaweon	1601.060
kDefinition	to wake up from sleep; conscious
kEACC	4B5830
kFourCornerCode	3221.6 9021.6
kHanYu	63667.091
kIICore	AJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1601.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63667.091
kIRGKangXi	1134.361
kIRG_GSource	GE-4C4F
kIRG_JSource	J0-3350
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-74D8
kIRG_KSource	K2-5F59
kIRG_MSource	MD-899A
kIRG_TSource	T3-3E74
kJapanese	カクコウおぼえるさますさめるさとりさとる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kJapaneseKun	OBOERU SAMASU SATORU
kJapaneseOn	KAKU KOU
kJis0	1948
kKangXi	1134.361
kKorean	KAK KYO
kMandarin	jué
kMojiJoho	MJ024234
kMorohashi	34846
kNelson	4288
kPhonetic	494 555
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1454+42.3.9 C+1454+147.7.5
kRSUnicode	147.5
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	J