U+89B0 "覰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
覰
U+89B0 "覰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that carries the meanings of "to spy on" or "to watch stealthily," often implying a sideways glance or peeping. It is composed of the radical 見 (jiàn), meaning "see" or "vision," combined with a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation. In traditional Chinese vocabulary, this character is used in literary or classical contexts to describe covert observation, appearing in phrases like "覰覰" to denote sneaking a look. Its usage has diminished in modern everyday language but remains relevant in historical texts and calligraphy, reflecting the nuanced visual perception in East Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+89B0 |
| 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 | 覰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 覰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA6 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x89B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000089B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u89b0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 233128 |
| kCNS1986 | E-587E |
| kCNS1992 | 3-587E |
| kCangjie | YMBUU |
| kCantonese | ceoi3 |
| kCihaiT | 1231.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1604.070 |
| kDefinition | to spy; to watch for |
| kFanqie | 七慮 |
| kGB5 | 4282 |
| kHanYu | 63674.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63674.050:qù |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1604.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63674.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1137.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-4A72 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7849 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7511 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5F66 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-587E |
| kJapanese | ソ ショ シュ うかがう |
| kJIS0213 | 2,88,41 |
| kJapaneseKun | UKAGAU MIRU ARAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SO SHO |
| kJis1 | 6114 |
| kKangXi | 1137.010 |
| kMandarin | qū |
| kMatthews | 1620 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3487a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024259 |
| kMorohashi | 34945 |
| kPhonetic | 9 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18661+147.7.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 147.11 |
| kSBGY | 362.06 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+89B7<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰴜" U+30D1C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 639.01 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kXHC1983 | 0942.061:qū 0947.011:qù |