U+89FF "觿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
觿
U+89FF "觿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that historically refers to a type of ancient ivory or horn tool, often shaped like a pointed awl or wedge, used primarily for untying knots or as a personal ornament in traditional Chinese culture. This character is composed of the radical 角 (horn) and the phonetic component 巂, and it appears in classical texts such as the "Shuowen Jiezi" dictionary, where it is described as a practical implement. In modern usage, "觿" is considered obsolete in everyday language but is occasionally encountered in scholarly discussions of ancient artifacts, calligraphy, or historical literature, representing a specialized piece of material culture from early Chinese civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+89FF |
| 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 | 觿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 觿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA7 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x89FF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000089FF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u89ff |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F94C |
| kCCCII | 23316B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-713B |
| kCNS1992 | 2-713B |
| kCangjie | NBUOB |
| kCantonese | kwai4 |
| kCihaiT | 1236.502 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1612.140 |
| kDefinition | a bodkin made of ivory, horn |
| kEACC | 23316B |
| kFanqie | 許規 戶圭 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2222.7 |
| kGB3 | 8250 |
| kGSR | 0880e |
| kHanYu | 63935.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63935.040:xī,wéi |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1612.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63935.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1145.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-7252 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F94C |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7852 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7583 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-602A |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-713B |
| kJapanese | ケイ キ スイ ゲイ くじり つのぎり |
| kTGH | 2013:8104 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,88,50 |
| kJapaneseKun | KUJIRI TSUNOGIRI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI E SUI KI |
| kJis1 | 6134 |
| kKangXi | 1145.280 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2445 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1384c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024330 |
| kMorohashi | 35198 |
| kPhonetic | 720 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18668+148.7.18 |
| kRSUnicode | 148.18 |
| kSBGY | 042.38 092.44 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 641.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵kwai4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6054 |
| kTang | huei xiuɛ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 393.250:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 25 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 272:126 |
| kXHC1983 | 1229.040:xī |