U+89B8 "覸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
覸
U+89B8 "覸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and historical Chinese character that combines a component related to sight or seeing with a radical often associated with the head or face, though its precise meaning and usage are obscure in modern Chinese. It appears in ancient or classical texts, possibly referring to an observation or a specific type of glance, but it is not commonly used in contemporary writing or digital communication. This character underscores the vast scope of the Unicode Standard, which preserves obscure and archaic glyphs for scholarly, historical, and linguistic purposes, ensuring that even the most niche characters from traditional Chinese literature remain accessible.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+89B8 |
| 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 | 覸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 覸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA6 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x89B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000089B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u89b8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 23312A |
| kCangjie | AABUU |
| kCantonese | gaan3 |
| kDefinition | steal look; peep at; spy on |
| kEACC | 23312A |
| kFanqie | 古閑 方免 古莧 |
| kGB3 | 4070 |
| kHanYu | 63675.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63675.020:jiān |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63675.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1137.201 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4866 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-024270 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7514 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5F6B |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-6377 |
| kJapanese | カン ケン ヘン エン うかがう |
| kJapaneseKun | MIRU UKAGAU MAZERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN KEN HEN EN |
| kKangXi | 1137.201 |
| kMandarin | jiān |
| kMatthews | 838 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024270 |
| kPhonetic | 547 |
| kRSUnicode | 147.12 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰴘" U+30D18 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |