U+8DDF "跟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8DDF "跟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as a verb meaning "to follow" or "to accompany," and it is also commonly used as a preposition meaning "with" or "and" in modern Mandarin. Its structure consists of the radical "足" (foot) on the left, indicating motion or action, and the phonetic component "艮" on the right. This character appears frequently in everyday language, such as in the phrase "跟着" (gēn zhe) meaning "following" or "along with," and it is essential for expressing companionship, sequence, or comparison in both written and spoken Chinese. As a core component in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) script system, it is supported across major text encodings and digital platforms for East Asian typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+8DDF
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 跟
HTML Hex Encoding 跟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB7 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8DDF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008DDF
C/C++/Java Escape \u8ddf

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B8F2
kCCCII 215A60
kCNS1986 1-6679
kCNS1992 1-6679
kCangjie RMAV
kCantonese gan1
kCihaiT 1289.407
kCowles 1536
kDaeJaweon 1696.050
kDefinition heel; to follow, accompany; with
kEACC 215A60
kFanqie 古痕
kFenn 359A
kFennIndex 246.06 247.01
kFourCornerCode 6713.2
kGB0 2490
kGB1 2490
kGradeLevel 2
kHangul 근:1N
kHanYu 63706.140
kHanyuPinlu gēn(1534)
kHanyuPinyin 63706.140:gēn
kHKGlyph 3979
kIICore AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon 1696.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63706.140
kIRGKangXi 1224.140
kIRG_GSource G0-387A
kIRG_HSource HB1-B8F2
kIRG_JSource J0-6C70
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7AB1
kIRG_KSource K1-5B54
kIRG_TSource T1-6679
kIRG_VSource V1-684D
kJapanese コン くびす
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:2920
kJapaneseKun KUBISU
kJapaneseOn KON
kJis0 7680
kKangXi 1224.140
kKarlgren 312
kKorean KUN
kLau 847
kMainlandTelegraph 6418
kMandarin gēn
kMatthews 3330
kMeyerWempe 1030
kMojiJoho MJ025290
kMorohashi 37491
kNelson 4554
kPhonetic 575
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6801+138.6.7 C+6801+157.7.6
kRSUnicode 157.6
kSBGY 120.27
kSMSZD2003Index 676.05
kSMSZD2003Readings gēn粵gan1
kTaiwanTelegraph 6418
kTGHZ2013 112.030:gēn
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kVietnamese ngấn
kXerox 242:363
kXHC1983 0376.010:gēn