U+8F98 "辘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8F98 "辘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character that originates from the Chinese writing system, where it is commonly used in modern and classical texts. This character is primarily pronounced as "lù" in Mandarin and forms part of compounds such as "轱辘" (gūlu), which means "wheel" or "to roll," and "辘辘" (lùlù), an onomatopoeic term for the rumbling sound of a cart or wheels. Historically, "辘" refers to a pulley, windlass, or the axle of a wheel, and it is also associated with the concept of a spinning or revolving mechanism. In the context of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, this character is represented in various East Asian scripts, carrying similar meanings in Japanese and Korean, where it may appear in literary or technical vocabulary related to mechanics or motion.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
辘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
辘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xBE 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8F98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008F98 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8f98 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
293C30 |
| kCangjie |
KQIXP |
| kCantonese |
luk1 |
| kDefinition |
windlass, pulley, capstan; wheel |
| kEACC |
293C30 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4051 |
| kGB0 |
7404 |
| kHanYu |
53554.110 |
| kIICore |
CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53554.110 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1250.241 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-6A24 |
| kTGH |
2013:5898 |
| kKangXi |
1250.241 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6564 |
| kMandarin |
lù |
| kPhonetic |
848* |
| kRSUnicode |
159'.11 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
234.140:lù |
| kTotalStrokes |
15 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"轆" U+8F46 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0738.030:lù |