U+8F72 "轲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8F72 "轲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, primarily representing the meaning of "a kind of jade-like stone" or "a carriage crossbar" in classical contexts, though in modern usage it is most frequently encountered as a component of personal names. This character is composed of the radical for "stone" or "jade" on the left side, combined with a phonetic component on the right that suggests its approximate pronunciation. In Chinese, it is pronounced as "kē" in Mandarin and is notably present in the name of the ancient philosopher Mencius, whose personal name was Meng Ke. Its usage spans historical texts and contemporary naming conventions, reflecting a blend of tangible meaning and cultural significance.

General Properties

Code Point U+8F72
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 轲
HTML Hex Encoding 轲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xBD 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8F72
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008F72
C/C++/Java Escape \u8f72

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 275B3A
kCangjie KQMNR
kCantonese o1
kDefinition axle; personal name of Mencius
kEACC 275B3A
kFourCornerCode 4152
kGB0 7380
kHanYu 53520.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53520.030
kIRGKangXi 1250.241
kIRG_GSource G0-6970
kTGH 2013:4179
kKangXi 1250.241
kMainlandTelegraph 9363
kMandarin
kRSUnicode 159'.5
kTGHZ2013 195.020:kē
kTotalStrokes 9
kTraditionalVariant "軻" U+8EFB CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0638.090:kē 0641.020:kě