U+89CE "觎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+89CE "觎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily appears in the compound word "覬覦" (jìyú), which means to covet or to have an improper desire for something, often used in formal or classical contexts. This character is composed of a left-hand side that relates to seeing or observing, derived from the radical for "see" (見), and a right-hand side that contributes its pronunciation, reflecting its formation as a phono-semantic compound. It is rarely used as a standalone character in modern Chinese and is more commonly encountered in literary or historical texts. The character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode Standard, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese scripts. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent representation across different systems, preserving its meaning and cultural significance in East Asian written traditions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
觎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
觎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xA7 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x89CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000089CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u89ce |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27582D |
| kCangjie |
ONBHU |
| kCantonese |
jyu4 |
| kDefinition |
desire strongly, covet, long for |
| kEACC |
27582D |
| kFourCornerCode |
8721 |
| kGB0 |
7476 |
| kHanYu |
63671.100 |
| kIICore |
CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
63671.100 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1139.051 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-6A6C |
| kTGH |
2013:5511 |
| kKangXi |
1139.051 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6022 |
| kMandarin |
yú |
| kPhonetic |
1611* |
| kRSUnicode |
147'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
447.060:yú |
| kTotalStrokes |
13 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"覦" U+89A6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1408.150:yú |