U+8DF8 "跸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8DF8 "跸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means "to clear the way for a royal procession" or "to stop traffic for an emperor," often associated with the concept of imperial protocol and avoidance. In modern usage, it appears in words like "跸道" (bi dao), referring to a path cleared for a monarch, and is also used in historical or literary contexts to describe acts of deference or ceremonial escort. The character is composed of the radical "足" (foot) on the left and the phonetic component "毕" on the right, reflecting its etymological connection to movement and completion.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8DF8
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	跸
HTML Hex Encoding	跸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xB7 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8DF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008DF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8df8

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

kCCCII	293A40
kCangjie	RMPPJ
kCantonese	bat1
kDefinition	clear way, make room for; clear street when emperor tours
kEACC	293A40
kFourCornerCode	6214
kGB0	8547
kHanYu	63701.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63701.050
kIRGKangXi	1226.091
kIRG_GSource	G0-754F
kTGH	2013:5454
kKangXi	1226.091
kMainlandTelegraph	6462
kMandarin	bì
kRSUnicode	157.6
kSMSZD2003Index	677.09
kTGHZ2013	019.160:bì
kTotalStrokes	13
kTraditionalVariant	"蹕" U+8E55 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0060.130:bì