U+89DC "觜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
觜
U+89DC "觜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the beak or bill of a bird, and it is also used historically to denote the mouth or snout of an animal. In classical and modern Chinese texts, it can appear as a component in compound words related to avian anatomy or metaphorically to describe something pointed or projecting. Additionally, this character is one of the 28 lunar mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy, specifically identifying a constellation associated with the Tiger, where it represents the "beak" star in the Vermilion Bird of the south. Its usage extends to Japanese and Korean contexts, where it carries similar meanings and is occasionally employed as a surname.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+89DC |
| 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 | 觜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 觜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA7 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x89DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000089DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u89dc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E043 |
| kCCCII | 233145 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4749 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4749 |
| kCangjie | YPNBG |
| kCantonese | zi1 |
| kCihaiT | 1234.201 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1608.090 |
| kDefinition | turtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa) |
| kEACC | 233145 |
| kFanqie | 即移 姊移 即委 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2122.7 |
| kGB0 | 8594 |
| kGB1 | 8594 |
| kGSR | 0358t |
| kHangul | 자:1N |
| kHanYu | 63924.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63924.020:zī,zuǐ |
| kIICore | CJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1608.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63924.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1141.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-757E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E043 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B39 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7540 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6B21 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4749 |
| kJapanese | シ スイ くちばし |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:7515 |
| kJapaneseKun | KUCHIBASHI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI SUI |
| kJis0 | 7525 |
| kKangXi | 1141.080 |
| kKorean | CA CHWI |
| kLau | 1590 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 9278 |
| kMandarin | zī |
| kMatthews | 6856 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024295 |
| kMorohashi | 35050 |
| kNelson | 4304 |
| kPhonetic | 156 287 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6652+148.7.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 148.6 |
| kSBGY | 046.52 050.08 243.37 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5480<kLau U+5634<kLau |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 640.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zī粵zi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 9201 |
| kTang | tziuɛ̌ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 491.120:zī |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 317:050 |
| kXHC1983 | 1530.060:zī 1547.120:zuǐ |