U+8A72 "該" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
該
U+8A72 "該" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "should," "ought to," or "that which is mentioned," and it is commonly used in both modern and classical Chinese texts to indicate obligation or likelihood. In the Japanese writing system, this character is employed as a kanji with similar meanings, often appearing in compound words related to responsibility or reference. Its structure combines the radical for "speech" or "word" on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its role in expressing logical or moral necessity within East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A72 |
| 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 | 該 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 該 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA9 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a72 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8D3 |
| kCCCII | 215859 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-665A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-665A |
| kCangjie | YRYVO |
| kCantonese | goi1 |
| kCihaiT | 1244.202 |
| kCowles | 1737 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1624.100 |
| kDefinition | should, ought to, need to |
| kEACC | 215859 |
| kFanqie | 古哀 |
| kFenn | 874B |
| kFennIndex | 235.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0068.2 |
| kGB1 | 2435 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0937p |
| kHangul | 해:0E |
| kHanYu | 63970.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gāi(1057) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63970.070:gāi |
| kHKGlyph | 3783 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1624.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63970.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1158.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3843 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8D3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-333A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F5C7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A31 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-665A |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-9024 |
| kJapanese | ガイ カイ かねる その |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | KANERU SONO |
| kJapaneseOn | GAI KAI |
| kJis0 | 1926 |
| kKangXi | 1158.160 |
| kKarlgren | 56 |
| kKorean | HAY |
| kLau | 946 |
| kMandarin | gāi |
| kMatthews | 3191 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1208 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024463 MJ024463:E0101 MJ024464:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 35445 35445:E0101 |
| kNelson | 4349 |
| kPhonetic | 490 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1432+149.7.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.6 |
| kSBGY | 099.26 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "该" U+8BE5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 647.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gāi粵goi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6115 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 242:255 |