U+8E09 "踉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8E09 "踉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to stagger, stumble, or walk unsteadily, often used in the compound word "踉跄" (liàng qiàng) to describe a faltering or lurching gait. The character is composed of the radical "足" (foot) on the left side, which relates to walking or foot movements, and the phonetic component "良" (liáng) on the right, which gives a clue to its pronunciation. In classical and modern Chinese literature, it appears in contexts depicting physically unsteady movements, such as from exhaustion, injury, or intoxication, and it carries a connotation of instability or imbalance.

General Properties

Code Point U+8E09
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 踉
HTML Hex Encoding 踉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB8 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8E09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008E09
C/C++/Java Escape \u8e09

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

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kHangul 량:1N
kHanYu 63710.090
kHanyuPinyin 63710.090:láng,liáng,liàng,làng
kIICore BGT
kIRGDaeJaweon 1699.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63710.090
kIRGKangXi 1227.010
kIRG_GSource G0-7554
kIRG_HSource HB2-E457
kIRG_JSource J0-6C74
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7ADC
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kIRG_TSource T2-4E3F
kJapanese ロウ リョウ
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:5703
kJapaneseKun ODORU
kJapaneseOn RYOU ROU
kJis0 7684
kKangXi 1227.010
kKarlgren 541
kKorean LYANG
kMainlandTelegraph 6428
kMandarin liàng
kMatthews 3942
kMeyerWempe 1546b 1661d
kMojiJoho MJ025331 MJ025331:E0102 MJ025332:E0103
kMorohashi 37585 37585:E0102
kNelson 4563
kPhonetic 796
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6805+157.7.7 V+7869+157.7.7
kRSUnicode 157.7
kSBGY 172.09 179.36 424.46
kSMSZD2003Index 677.12
kSMSZD2003Readings liáng粵loeng4 liàng粵loeng6
kTaiwanTelegraph 6428
kTGHZ2013 222.030:liàng
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kXerox 275:176
kXHC1983 0707.030:liáng 0710.030:liàng