U+8EFB "軻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
軻
U+8EFB "軻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) with a rich historical and literary background. In modern usage, it is most famously known as a component of the name of the ancient philosopher Mencius (孟子, Mèngzǐ), whose personal name was Mèng Kē (孟軻). The character itself, composed of the radical for "vehicle" or "carriage" (車) and the phonetic component 可, primarily carries meanings related to a type of axle or, in classical texts, the name of a legendary chariot or a rough, rugged stone. Its appearance in the name of Mencius links it directly to one of the most important figures in Confucian tradition, making it a symbol of classical Chinese scholarship and moral philosophy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8EFB |
| 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 | 軻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 軻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xBB 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8EFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008EFB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8efb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B661 |
| kCCCII | 215B3A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6248 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6248 |
| kCangjie | JJMNR |
| kCantonese | o1 |
| kCihaiT | 1300.302 |
| kCowles | 3092 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1718.090 |
| kDefinition | axle; personal name of Mencius |
| kEACC | 215B3A |
| kFanqie | 苦何 枯我 口箇 |
| kFenn | 699K |
| kFennIndex | 253.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5102.0 |
| kGB1 | 7380 |
| kHangul | 가:0N |
| kHanYu | 53520.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53520.020:kē |
| kHKGlyph | 4036 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1718.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53520.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1242.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-6970 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B661 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6D46 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDBA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A3B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6248 |
| kJapanese | カ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseOn | KA |
| kJis0 | 7738 |
| kKangXi | 1242.180 |
| kKarlgren | 414 |
| kKorean | KA |
| kMandarin | kē |
| kMatthews | 3387 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2139 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025597 |
| kMorohashi | 38274 |
| kNelson | 4616 |
| kPhonetic | 487 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6853+159.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 159.5 |
| kSBGY | 161.30 305.02 419.28 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "轲" U+8F72 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 686.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kē粵o1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 9298 |
| kTang | kɑ kɑ̌ |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:362 |